Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. Narrated by Louisa Thornton. Chapter 15 - Ordeal and Execution

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The Classic Vampire Story - Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu Narrated by Louisa Thornton Chapter 15 â Ordeal and Execution An excerpt from Chapter 15 of Le Fanuâs novel â You have heard, no doubt, of the appalling superstition that prevails in Upper and Lower Styria, in Moravia, Silesia, in Turkish Serbia, in Poland, even in Russia; the superstition, so we must call it, of the Vampire. If human testimony, taken with every care and solemnity, judicially, before commissions innumerable, each consisting of many members, all chosen for integrity and intelligence, and constituting reports more voluminous perhaps than exist upon any one other class of cases, is worth anything, it is difficult to deny, or even to doubt the existence of such a phenomenon as the Vampire. For my part I have heard no theory by which to explain what I myself have witnessed and experienced, other than that supplied by the ancient and well-attested belief of the country. Introducing, as Laura, the narrator of Carmilla Louisa Thornton A talented and versatile performer, Louisaâs theatre credits include lead roles in Sharman McDonaldâs When We Were Women, Liz Locheadâs Perfect Days and Muriel Sparkâs The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Louisa has also performed in previous productions for Radio Theatre Group, most recently, as the deadly femme fatale Cora Papadakis in The Postman Always Rings Twice and in 2004, as Red Riding Hood in A Company of Wolves.

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