Le chateâu des Carpathes

by Jules Verne

"Le château des Carpathes" by Jules Verne is a Gothic novel published in 1892. In a Transylvanian village, terrified locals discover that a cursed castle has mysteriously come back to life. When Count Franz de Télek arrives, he recognizes the name of the castle's owner—his sworn enemy, Baron Rodolphe de Gortz. Inside the fortress, Franz encounters an impossible vision: his dead fiancée, the opera singer La Stilla, performing once again. But supernatural appearances may hide technological secrets in this tale of obsession and revenge.