<b>In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu</b>&nbsp;is a collection of five stories by&nbsp;Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death. The second and third stories are revised versions of previously published stories. The first three stories are&nbsp;short stories, and the fourth and fifth are long enough to be called&nbsp;novellas&nbsp;(the fourth is over 44,500 words long, and the fifth is over 27,500 words long).<br /><br />The title is taken from&nbsp;1 Corinthians 13:12, a deliberate misquotation of the passage which describes humanity as perceiving the world &quot;through a glass darkly&quot;.<br /><br />A tale of a female vampire, set in&nbsp;Styria, Austria. This story was to greatly influence&nbsp;Bram Stoker&nbsp;in writing&nbsp;<i>Dracula</i>&nbsp;(1897). It also served as the basis for several works in other media, such as Danish director&nbsp;Carl Theodor Dreyer&#39;s film&nbsp;<i>Vampyr</i>&nbsp;(1932);&nbsp;Hammer&#39;s film&nbsp;<i>The Vampire Lovers</i>&nbsp;(1970); and&nbsp;<i>Carmilla</i>, a Canadian web series starring&nbsp;Natasha Negovanlis&nbsp;and&nbsp;Elise Bauman&nbsp;and directed by&nbsp;Spencer Maybee.