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Book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu   The Ghostly Tales   Volume I of V

Download or read book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Ghostly Tales Volume I of V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry. Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited from the system used in Ireland that he did not have to live in Dublin to attend lectures, but could study at home and take examinations at the university as and when necessary. This enabled him to also write and by 1838 Le Fanu's first story The Ghost and the Bonesetter was published in the Dublin University Magazine. Many of the short stories he wrote at the time were to form the basis for his future novels. Indeed, throughout his career Le Fanu would constantly revise, cannabilise, embellish and re-publish his earlier works to use in his later efforts. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide. One of the themes running through them is a sad nostalgia for the dispossessed Catholic aristocracy of Ireland, whose ruined castles stand in mute salute and testament to this history. On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. The union would produce four children. Le Fanu was now stretching his talents across the length of a novel and his first was The Cock and Anchor published in 1845. A succession of works followed and his reputation grew as well as his income. Unfortunately, a decade after his marriage it became an increasing source of difficultly. Susanna was prone to suffer from a range of neurotic symptoms including great anxiety after the deaths of several close relatives, including her father two years before. In April 1858 she suffered an "hysterical attack" and died in circumstances that are still unclear. The anguish, profound guilt as well as overwhelming loss were channeled into Le Fanu's work. Working only by the light of two candles he would write through the night and burnish his reputation as a major figure of 19th Century supernaturalism. His work challenged the focus on the external source of horror and instead he wrote about it from the perspective of the inward psychological potential to strike fear in the hearts of men. A series of books now came forth: Wylder's Hand (1864), Guy Deverell (1865), The Tenants of Malory (1867), The Green Tea (1869), The Haunted Baronet (1870), Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872), The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) and In a Glass Darkly. (1872). But his life was drawing to a close. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu died in Merrion Square in his native Dublin on February 7th, 1873, at the age of 58.

Book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu   The Ghostly Tales   Volume V of V

Download or read book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Ghostly Tales Volume V of V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry. Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited from the system used in Ireland that he did not have to live in Dublin to attend lectures, but could study at home and take examinations at the university as and when necessary. This enabled him to also write and by 1838 Le Fanu's first story The Ghost and the Bonesetter was published in the Dublin University Magazine. Many of the short stories he wrote at the time were to form the basis for his future novels. Indeed, throughout his career Le Fanu would constantly revise, cannabilise, embellish and re-publish his earlier works to use in his later efforts. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide. One of the themes running through them is a sad nostalgia for the dispossessed Catholic aristocracy of Ireland, whose ruined castles stand in mute salute and testament to this history. On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. The union would produce four children. Le Fanu was now stretching his talents across the length of a novel and his first was The Cock and Anchor published in 1845. A succession of works followed and his reputation grew as well as his income. Unfortunately, a decade after his marriage it became an increasing source of difficultly. Susanna was prone to suffer from a range of neurotic symptoms including great anxiety after the deaths of several close relatives, including her father two years before. In April 1858 she suffered an "hysterical attack" and died in circumstances that are still unclear. The anguish, profound guilt as well as overwhelming loss were channeled into Le Fanu's work. Working only by the light of two candles he would write through the night and burnish his reputation as a major figure of 19th Century supernaturalism. His work challenged the focus on the external source of horror and instead he wrote about it from the perspective of the inward psychological potential to strike fear in the hearts of men. A series of books now came forth: Wylder's Hand (1864), Guy Deverell (1865), The Tenants of Malory (1867), The Green Tea (1869), The Haunted Baronet (1870), Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872), The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) and In a Glass Darkly. (1872). But his life was drawing to a close. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu died in Merrion Square in his native Dublin on February 7th, 1873, at the age of 58.

Book Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales   Volume V

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  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-05-02
  • ISBN : 9781512012125
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales Volume V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales - Volume V" from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873).

Book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu   The Ghostly Tales   Volume II of V

Download or read book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Ghostly Tales Volume II of V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry. Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited from the system used in Ireland that he did not have to live in Dublin to attend lectures, but could study at home and take examinations at the university as and when necessary. This enabled him to also write and by 1838 Le Fanu's first story The Ghost and the Bonesetter was published in the Dublin University Magazine. Many of the short stories he wrote at the time were to form the basis for his future novels. Indeed, throughout his career Le Fanu would constantly revise, cannabilise, embellish and re-publish his earlier works to use in his later efforts. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide. One of the themes running through them is a sad nostalgia for the dispossessed Catholic aristocracy of Ireland, whose ruined castles stand in mute salute and testament to this history. On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. The union would produce four children. Le Fanu was now stretching his talents across the length of a novel and his first was The Cock and Anchor published in 1845. A succession of works followed and his reputation grew as well as his income. Unfortunately, a decade after his marriage it became an increasing source of difficultly. Susanna was prone to suffer from a range of neurotic symptoms including great anxiety after the deaths of several close relatives, including her father two years before. In April 1858 she suffered an "hysterical attack" and died in circumstances that are still unclear. The anguish, profound guilt as well as overwhelming loss were channeled into Le Fanu's work. Working only by the light of two candles he would write through the night and burnish his reputation as a major figure of 19th Century supernaturalism. His work challenged the focus on the external source of horror and instead he wrote about it from the perspective of the inward psychological potential to strike fear in the hearts of men. A series of books now came forth: Wylder's Hand (1864), Guy Deverell (1865), The Tenants of Malory (1867), The Green Tea (1869), The Haunted Baronet (1870), Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872), The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) and In a Glass Darkly. (1872). But his life was drawing to a close. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu died in Merrion Square in his native Dublin on February 7th, 1873, at the age of 58.

Book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu   The Ghostly Tales   Volume III of V

Download or read book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Ghostly Tales Volume III of V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry. Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited from the system used in Ireland that he did not have to live in Dublin to attend lectures, but could study at home and take examinations at the university as and when necessary. This enabled him to also write and by 1838 Le Fanu's first story The Ghost and the Bonesetter was published in the Dublin University Magazine. Many of the short stories he wrote at the time were to form the basis for his future novels. Indeed, throughout his career Le Fanu would constantly revise, cannabilise, embellish and re-publish his earlier works to use in his later efforts. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide. One of the themes running through them is a sad nostalgia for the dispossessed Catholic aristocracy of Ireland, whose ruined castles stand in mute salute and testament to this history. On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. The union would produce four children. Le Fanu was now stretching his talents across the length of a novel and his first was The Cock and Anchor published in 1845. A succession of works followed and his reputation grew as well as his income. Unfortunately, a decade after his marriage it became an increasing source of difficultly. Susanna was prone to suffer from a range of neurotic symptoms including great anxiety after the deaths of several close relatives, including her father two years before. In April 1858 she suffered an "hysterical attack" and died in circumstances that are still unclear. The anguish, profound guilt as well as overwhelming loss were channeled into Le Fanu's work. Working only by the light of two candles he would write through the night and burnish his reputation as a major figure of 19th Century supernaturalism. His work challenged the focus on the external source of horror and instead he wrote about it from the perspective of the inward psychological potential to strike fear in the hearts of men. A series of books now came forth: Wylder's Hand (1864), Guy Deverell (1865), The Tenants of Malory (1867), The Green Tea (1869), The Haunted Baronet (1870), Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872), The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) and In a Glass Darkly. (1872). But his life was drawing to a close. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu died in Merrion Square in his native Dublin on February 7th, 1873, at the age of 58.

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales  Volume 1

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-08-05
  • ISBN : 9781724688514
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales Volume 1 written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1: Large Print By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Schalken the Painter (1851) and An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853) We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales  Volume 1

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales Volume 1 written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Excerpt: ...sum in value five times the fortune which she has a right to expect from her husband. This shall lie in your hands, together with her dowry, and you may apply the united sum as suits her interest best; it shall be all exclusively hers while she lives: is that liberal?"Douw assented, and inwardly acknowledged that fortune had been extraordinarily kind to his niece; the stranger, he thought, must be both wealthy and generous, and such an offer was not to be despised, though made by a humourist, and one of no very prepossessing presence. Rose had no very high pretensions for she had but a modest dowry, which she owed entirely to the generosity of her uncle; neither had she any right to raise exceptions on the score of birth, for her own origin was far from splendid, and as the other objections, Gerald resolved, and indeed, by the usages of the time, was warranted in resolving, not to listen to them for a moment."Sir" said he, addressing the stranger, "your offer is liberal, and whatever hesitation I may...

Book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu   The Ghostly Tales   Volume IV of V

Download or read book Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Ghostly Tales Volume IV of V written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry. Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited from the system used in Ireland that he did not have to live in Dublin to attend lectures, but could study at home and take examinations at the university as and when necessary. This enabled him to also write and by 1838 Le Fanu's first story The Ghost and the Bonesetter was published in the Dublin University Magazine. Many of the short stories he wrote at the time were to form the basis for his future novels. Indeed, throughout his career Le Fanu would constantly revise, cannabilise, embellish and re-publish his earlier works to use in his later efforts. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide. One of the themes running through them is a sad nostalgia for the dispossessed Catholic aristocracy of Ireland, whose ruined castles stand in mute salute and testament to this history. On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. The union would produce four children. Le Fanu was now stretching his talents across the length of a novel and his first was The Cock and Anchor published in 1845. A succession of works followed and his reputation grew as well as his income. Unfortunately, a decade after his marriage it became an increasing source of difficultly. Susanna was prone to suffer from a range of neurotic symptoms including great anxiety after the deaths of several close relatives, including her father two years before. In April 1858 she suffered an "hysterical attack" and died in circumstances that are still unclear. The anguish, profound guilt as well as overwhelming loss were channeled into Le Fanu's work. Working only by the light of two candles he would write through the night and burnish his reputation as a major figure of 19th Century supernaturalism. His work challenged the focus on the external source of horror and instead he wrote about it from the perspective of the inward psychological potential to strike fear in the hearts of men. A series of books now came forth: Wylder's Hand (1864), Guy Deverell (1865), The Tenants of Malory (1867), The Green Tea (1869), The Haunted Baronet (1870), Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872), The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) and In a Glass Darkly. (1872). But his life was drawing to a close. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu died in Merrion Square in his native Dublin on February 7th, 1873, at the age of 58.

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013-08-06
  • ISBN : 9781491290019
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the classic ghost stories Schalken the Painter, and An Account of Some StrangeDisturbances in Aungier Street.

Book J s  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales

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  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-08-17
  • ISBN : 9781537113937
  • Pages : 54 pages

Download or read book J s Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best known works are Uncle Silas, "Carmilla" and The House by the Churchyard. In this book: J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, the Five Volumes, The Purcell Papers, the Three Volumes, In a Glass Darkly, the Three Volumes, Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and The Murdered Cousin

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For he is not a man as I am that we should come to-gether; neither is there any that might lay his hand upon us both. Let him, therefore, take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me."

Book Ghostly Tales

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  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-11-17
  • ISBN : 9781979510080
  • Pages : 72 pages

Download or read book Ghostly Tales written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

Book Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales   Volume I

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  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-05-02
  • ISBN : 9781512011784
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales Volume I written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales - Volume I" from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873).

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales

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  • Author : Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2016-06-21
  • ISBN : 9781318718764
  • Pages : 58 pages

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales written by Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales

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  • Author : Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2016-06-21
  • ISBN : 9781318727292
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Tales written by Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Book J  S  Le Fanu s Ghostly Touching Tales

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  • Author : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-06
  • ISBN : 9781547073542
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book J S Le Fanu s Ghostly Touching Tales written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Touching Tales, Volume 1 is a wonderful twist on the original J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1. If you are a long time fan of the Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu original, you'll be curious how true this book is to the original. The book makes a departure from the original and may be the most wacky by-product for the Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu fan. In this expanded edition of J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1, 85 percent of the original text has been preserved but fused with how Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu would write it today.... It's the perfect read for literature lovers, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu fans, and anyone who loves a reanimated J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1.

Book 30  GHOSTLY TALES   Sheridan Le Fanu Edition

Download or read book 30 GHOSTLY TALES Sheridan Le Fanu Edition written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "30+ GHOSTLY TALES - Sheridan Le Fanu Edition: Madam Crowl's Ghost, Carmilla, The Ghost and the Bonesetter, Schalken the Painter, The Haunted Baronet, The Familiar, Green Tea..." is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Table of Contents: Green Tea The Familiar Mr Justice Harbottle Carmilla The Ghost and the Bone-Setter The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh The Drunkard's Dream Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family The Haunted Baronet Madam Crowl's Ghost Squire Toby's Will Dickon the Devil The Child That Went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street Ghost Stories of Chapelizod Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Sir Dominick's Bargain Ultor de Lacy The Vision of Tom Chuff Stories of Lough Guir The Evil Guest Laura Silver Bell The Murdered Cousin The Mysterious Lodger An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House The Dead Sexton A Debt of Honor Haunted Pichon and Sons, of the Croix Rousse The Spirit's Whisper What Was It?