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Miss Christina

1936 Romanian novella From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miss Christina
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Miss Christina (Romanian: Domnișoara Christina) is a 1936 horror novella by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. It depicts a paranormal romance between a strigoi and a regular human.

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First edition (publ. Cultura Națională)
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Plot

The novella depicts the story of the attraction between a female strigoi—an undead human from Romanian folklore—and a young man who visits the house she haunts.

Translation

An English translation by Ana Cartianu was published in 1992 as part of the Eliade omnibus volume Mystic Stories.[1]

Film adaptations

The novella has been the basis for two Romanian film adaptations with the same title.[2][3]

References

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