Round 1: Tossup 11

Laura has a nightmare of one of these characters at the foot of her bed after they crash a carriage into a tree. One of these characters who describes himself as “all in a sea of wonders” is stabbed by Quincy Morris at the end of one novel. (15[1])Ianthe (“EE-ann-fee”) is murdered by one of these characters based on Lord Byron, the title character of a John (*) Polidori novel written during the (10[2])Villa Diodati (“dee-oh-dah-tee”) ghost story contest. Lord Ruthven (“RUFF-venn”) is one of these characters, as is the title character of an 1897 novel who sails to Whitby on the Demeter and is decapitated by Jonathan Harker. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])examples of what beings include the lesbian Carmilla and Dracula? ■END■

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