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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), best known as Sheridan Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. 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". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard.

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Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels

Born 28 Aug 1814
Died 7 Feb 1873

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  • Cover of: Carmilla

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  • Cover of: Uncle Silas

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  • Cover of: Child That Went with the Fairies Illustrated

    First published in 2019 — 159 editions
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  • Cover of: The house by the church-yard
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  • Cover of: A stable for nightmares: or, Weird tales
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    First published in 1896 — 86 editions
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  • Cover of: The Purcell papers
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  • Cover of: Wylder's hand.: A novel.
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  • Cover of: In a Glass Darkly

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  • Cover of: The Evil Guest (Large Print)

    First published in 1895 — 34 editions
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  • Cover of: The Room In The Dragon Volant
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    First published in 2002 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: The Wyvern Mystery
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  • Cover of: The fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien
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    First published in 1800 — 24 editions
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  • Cover of: Green Tea: Mr. Justice Harbottle

    First published in 1945 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales

    First published in 2004 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Madam Crowl's Ghost and The Dead Sexton

    First published in 2004 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Willing to die
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  • Cover of: The Cock and Anchor: being a chronicle of old Dublin City.
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Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels

Born 28 Aug 1814
Died 7 Feb 1873

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, horror, English Ghost stories, Horror tales, Fiction, ghost, short stories, American Horror tales, Ghost stories, Ireland, fiction, English Horror tales, English literature, Paranormal fiction, Short stories, horror, short story, Children's fiction, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Horror, English Detective and mystery stories, English Fantasy fiction, History, Horror stories, American literature

Places

Ireland, England, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, India, Italy, Padua, Toledo, University of Padua, Alabama, Calcutta, Dublin, Dublin (Ireland), Europe, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Gennesault, Gratz, Irlande, Louisiana, L’Abri, Maine, Massachusetts, New England

People

Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Homer Barron, Madeline Usher, Mr. Grierson, Roderick Usher, Tobe, Beatrice Rappaccini, Father Time, Giacomo Rappaccini, Giovanni Guasconti, Armand Aubigny, Aylmer, Berenice, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Désirée, Egaeus, Faith Brown, Fortunato, Frank Daggett, Georgiana, Goodman Brown

Time

19th century, Antebellum era, War of 1689-1691, 1600s, 1861-1865, 1861-65, American Civil War, Carnival, Civil War, Siglo XIX

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