The Le Fanu Library

The Wyvern Mystery Chapter 2 - The Vale of Carwell

In which a young lady, accompanied by her devoted nurse Dulcibella, journeys through the wild and somber moorlands, her thoughts troubled yet determined as she seeks a secret meeting at the old Carwell Grange. The passage grows ever more secluded and gloomy until an unexpected encounter upon the narrow glen road casts a sudden shadow upon their path.

The Wyvern Mystery Chapter 1 - Alice Maybell

In which a young lady named Alice Maybell takes leave of her affectionate aunt at Oulton to embark on a lengthy journey home to Wyvern, her heart burdened with unspoken troubles despite the gentle cheer of their parting. The tender dialogue reveals a wistful undercurrent to Alice’s farewell as her aunt senses a deeper unhappiness beneath the surface of the girl’s fair countenance.

Carmilla Chapter 16

In which the narrator, still shaken by the events he recounts, reflects on the scholarly pursuits of the eccentric Baron Vordenburg, who devoted his spare means to the study of vampirism and uncovered curious truths about the nature and habits of these revenants. The tale closes with a journey abroad to escape haunting memories, leaving the impression of Carmilla alternating between the beguiling and the dreadful, ever lingering in the mind's uneasy watchfulness.

Carmilla Chapter 15

In which a curious and solemn assembly uncovers a long-forgotten monument within a chapel, leading to grave reflections and secretive arrangements concerning an absent presence. The narrative then unfolds a formal inquiry marked by eerie physiological phenomena and culminates in a grim, ritualistic resolution believed to rid the land of a dreadful scourge.

Carmilla Chapter 13

In which the mysterious habits and ailments of a young lady give rise to fearful reflections and a journey to the desolate ruins of the Karnstein estate, stirring old resentments and dark stories of vampiric malefactions. We encounter a grizzled woodman and hear of grim exploits involving the decapitation of revenants, as the shadow of a sinister Countess Karnstein lingers over the forsaken village and its haunted forest.