Joseph Le Fanu: 211 books

This file includes the classic ghost/mystery stories: MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER, THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH, THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR, THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM, PASSAGE IN THE SECRET HISTORY OF AN IRISH COUNTESS, THE BRIDAL OF CARRIGVARAH, STRANGE EVENT...

Thirteen Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories that send chills up the spine and create an atmosphere sure to make the reader turn on an extra light and push up the back of their armchair against the wall. Set amidst crumbling, ill-maintained churches and imposing cathedrals, on desolate coastland,...

Joseph Sheridan le Fanu was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century, and he is now seen as central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. His work is credited with turning the Gothic's focus from the external sources of horror to the inward effects of terror, thus helping...

If to love is the dream, then to awaken is a nightmare...  When fate draws together the lives of two young women, their mutual attraction quickly flourishes into a bond which threatens the boundaries of social etiquette in 1860's Styria. As their relationship continues to develop further,...

This Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula by 26 years, first published as a serial in The Dark Blue, the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla,...

'Carmilla' is a horror story by the Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu from 1872 and one of the early works of vampire literature - it preceded Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' (1897) by 26 years. The title character is a prototypical example of the lesbian vampire who wishes to live out her romantic desires...

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872 it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema. - Excerpted from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia.

Classic ghost/mystery novel. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 February 7, 1873) was an Anglo-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."

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was one of the foremost writers of ghost stories in the Victorian era, penning such renowned works as Uncle Silas and In a Glass Darkly. This collection of spine-tingling short...

Two classic ghost/mystery stories. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 February 7, 1873) was an Anglo-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."

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction. It was first published in 1871 as a serial narrative in The Dark Blue. It tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. It predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 26 years. The story has been adapted many times in film and other media.

The demonic monkey in "Green Tea" could be a delusion of the story's protagonist, who is the only person to see it; in "The Familiar", Captain Barton's death seems to be supernatural, but is not actually witnessed, and the ghostly owl may be a real bird. This technique influenced...

"When Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin: and Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth Death." ​About sixty years ago, and somewhat more than twenty miles from the ancient town of Chester, in a southward direction, there stood a large, and, even then, an old-fashioned mansion-house....

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is best known today as one of the Victorian period's leading exponents of supernatural fiction, and was described by M.R. James as standing 'absolutely in the first rank as a...