Closing Passage

From Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Laura's narrative ends ambiguously with her haunted by Carmilla's memory years after her destruction, suggesting the vampire's psychological hold persists beyond death.
Chapter 16

The famous final image: Laura imagines hearing 'the light step of Carmilla at the drawing room door,' showing the vampire's enduring presence in her imagination and desire.

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