Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. Pushkin Press. Teenager Laura lives with her father when a woman shows up with her daughter and asks the father to look after the daughter as she has urgent business that requires heavy travel. Apparently the daughter is not well enough to travel and so Laura’s father agrees to look after her. Not long after, Laura suffers a mysterious illness. This is not much more than a novella and it’s not bad but it’s definitely not a page-turner. My main interest is its historical value within the literature world as it’s not a book I have been aware of before now. There’s a steady narrative…