The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, including (complete and unabridged) by Sheridan Le Fanu

The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, including (complete and unabridged) by Sheridan Le Fanu

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The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, including (complete and unabridged) by Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu's work is distinguished by his able construction, ingenuity of plot, and power in the presentation of the mysterious and supernatural. This volume is a compilation of 54 of his short stories. Prepare to be very disturbed: A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family, A Debt of Honor, An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain, An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House, Billy Malowney's Taste of Love and Glory, Catherine's Quest, Devereux's Dream, Dickon the Devil, Doctor Feversham's Story, Ghost Stories of Chapelizod, Green Tea, Haunted, Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow, Laura Silver Bell, Madam Crowl's Ghost, Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Moll Rial's Adventure, Mr Justice Harbottle, Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess, Pichon & Sons, Of the Croix Rousse, Schalken the Painter, Scraps of Hibernian Ballads, Stories of Lough Guir, Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter, The Banshee, The Bridal of Carrigvarah, The Child That Went With the Fairies, The Dead Sexton, The Dream, The Drunkard's Dream, The Earl's Hall, The Familiar, The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh, The Ghost and the Bone Setter, The Governess's Dream, The Haunted Baronet, The Last Heir of Castle Connor, The Magician Earl, The Murdered Cousin, The Mysterious Lodger, The Phantom Fourth, The Quare Gander', The Room in the Dragon Volant, The Secret of the Two Plaster Casts, The Sexton's Adventure, The Spectre Lovers, The Spirit's Whisper, The Village Bully, The Vision of Tom Chuff, The Watcher, Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen, What Was It? Wicked Captain Walshawe, Of Wauling
Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of gothic tales, mystery novels and ghost stories, most famous for his novel Uncle Silas. Carmilla was first published in 1872 and has served as an inspiration countless books, from Bram Stoker's Dracula and Henry James' The Turn of the Screw to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, and a slew of films such as Hammer Horror's Karnstein Trilogy.
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ISBN 13 9781781394953
ISBN 10 1781394954
Title The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, including (complete and unabridged)
Author Sheridan Le Fanu
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Publisher Benediction Classics
Year published 2015-05-04
Number of pages 1046
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