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Carmilla (Paperback)
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Carmilla (1872) is a novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Published
twenty-six years before Bram Stoker's Dracula, Le Fanu's work of
Gothic horror and mystery is considered an important early entry in
the genre of vampire fiction. Recorded in the casebook of Dr.
Hesselius, a medical professional with a detective's sensibility,
is the story of Laura, a teenager bearing a strange secret. Raised
in a castle by her father, a widower who recently concluded his
career in service to the Austrian Empire, Laura has been haunted
since her youth, when she was visited at night by a beautiful,
spectral woman. Now eighteen, she awaits the visit of Bertha
Rheinfelt, a niece of her father's friend. When Bertha dies
mysteriously, however, and when a girl named Carmilla is brought to
the castle under strange circumstances, Laura fears that the past
has come full circle. But she soon overcomes her mournful state,
growing close with Carmilla. But the girl's behavior soon proves
unsettling. Carmilla is prone to sleepwalking, sleeps through the
day, declines to participate in prayers, and makes romantic
overtures to Laura. She begins to be haunted by strange and violent
dreams, waking one night to discover Carmilla at the foot of her
bed, and bite marks along her neck. Her father intervenes, taking
her to a local village. On the way, they meet Bertha's uncle, who
shares the chilling details of her fate. It becomes clear that
Carmilla, whoever she is, is far from the innocent young girl she
claims to be. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's
Carmilla is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu
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Uncle Silas (1864) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Expanded
from an earlier short story, Uncle Silas is considered an important
precursor to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains the
author's most popular novel. It has been adapted several times for
film, television, and radio. Following the untimely death of her
father, Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at Bartram-Haugh, the estate of
her estranged Uncle Silas. Under the terms of her father's will,
Maud must live in Silas's care for three and a half years, or until
she is old enough to take control of the family fortune. Unsure,
but trusting her father's judgment, she consents to the terms and
makes her way to Bartram-Haugh, where she will live with a man of
whom she knows very little. Rumored to have lived a troubled youth,
Silas has supposedly found religion, but the recent suicide of a
man to whom Silas owed money casts doubts on his intentions and
unsettles young Maud. Nevertheless, she soon grows accustomed to
life at his estate, befriending Silas's daughter Millicent. When
Dudley, her cousin, begins to court her, Maud first denies his
advances before seeking her uncle's advice. The family soon
discovers that Dudley has been married all along, and he is
banished from Bartram-Haugh, leaving Maud in peace for a time.
Soon, however, Millicent is sent away to France to attend school,
leaving Maud at the estate on her own. Only slightly comforted by
Silas's promise to reunite the two cousins as soon as he can, Maud
waits for the day of her journey, altogether unaware of the plot
unfolding right before her eyes. Uncle Silas is a masterful novel
of mystery and suspense from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, an important
pioneer of Gothic horror. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu's Uncle Silas is a classic of Irish literature reimagined
for modern readers.
Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a collection of Gothic tales by
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although he is more widely known today for
his novella Carmilla (1872), which influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula
(1897) and remains an important work of early vampire fiction, Le
Fanu was also an influential figure in mid-nineteenth century Irish
literature as a writer and editor for the Dublin University
Magazine. Mysterious and Horrific Stories collects fifteen of Le
Fanu's finest works of short fiction from across his storied
career. In "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," a man returns home
after years abroad accompanied by a strange, shadowy companion.
Under mysterious circumstances, Sir Robert has amassed a tremendous
fortune and seems either unwilling or unable to reveal the truth
behind his sudden rise to wealth. In "Schalken the Painter," a
young Dutch apprentice falls in love with his master's young niece,
the beautiful Rose Velderkaust. Fearful of angering the great
painter Gerard Douw, whom he worries would reject a marriage
proposal from a struggling artist, he keeps silent about his
affections. When an older, wealthier man proposes to Rose, Douw
consents to their marriage despite the man's unsettling appearance.
"The Drunkard's Dream" is a tale of horror in which a man receives
a powerful and terrifying vision of Hell. Alongside twelve more
tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces, including "An
Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "The Child That Went
With the Fairies," these selections from Le Fanu's body of work
continue to entertain and astound nearly two centuries after they
first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu's Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a classic of Irish
literature reimagined for modern readers.
The House by the Church-Yard (1863) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu. An important source for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, The
House by the Church-Yard is a hybrid of the mystery and historical
genres of fiction. With its complex use of side plots and extensive
frame narrative, the novel is central to Le Fanu's legacy as an
innovator whose literary works inspired Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. During a routine interment at a churchyard in the
historic village of Chapelizod, a grave is disturbed revealing a
skull buried a century earlier. Upon examination, a gruesome
discovery is made-not only does the skull show signs of severe head
trauma, it contains a hole from an emergency trepanning procedure.
Stirred by the discovery, an old man named Charles de Cresseron
pieces together the story of a time the village had nearly
forgotten. In the eighteenth century, a coffin was secretly buried
in the churchyard, with no defining characteristics except for the
initials "R.D." As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that this
burial is somehow related to a series of mysterious events-a love
triangle between a general's daughter, a local official, and a man
who has taken residence in a home rumored to be haunted; the
suicide of a disgraced prisoner; and a rivalry between a deeply
indebted doctor and the agent of a local lord whose home has been
infiltrated by a dubious imposter. As these plots swirl and
converge, The House by the Church-Yard emerges as a masterpiece of
suspense, a thriller that delights its reader just as much as it
demands their attention. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu's The House by the Church-Yard is a classic of Irish
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Checkmate (Paperback)
Joseph Sheridan Lefanu; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R388
Discovery Miles 3 880
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Checkmate (1871) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although
less well-known than his more popular works of Gothic horror and
mystery, including the vampire novella Carmilla (1872) and the
novel The House by the Church-Yard (1863), Checkmate remains
central to Le Fanu's legacy as an innovator whose literary works
inspired Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Walter Longcluse
is a mysterious gentleman, a drifter and self-made man whose
travels throughout France, Austria, and England resulted in his
accumulation of an immense personal fortune. With his calm demeanor
and general friendliness, he is quickly accepted into the inner
circle of the Arden family, a clan of aristocrats whose once
luxuriant star has lately dimmed due to unpaid debts and the murder
of one of their number. As Longcluse courts the lovely Alice, her
brother Richard enjoys the older man's company, and the two become
fast friends. One night, however, a visit to a gambling club brings
them face to face with Monsieur Lebas, a brutish figure who seems
to recognize Longcluse and, later that evening, is discovered to
have been murdered. As the story unfolds, clues planted discreetly
throughout the plot lead to Le Fanu's thrilling conclusion, which
contains a well-designed plot twist too sinister to imagine.
Checkmate is a tale of wealth and betrayal, a novel that raises
more questions than answers for the reader held under its spell.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Checkmate is
a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.
Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a collection of Gothic tales by
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although he is more widely known today for
his novella Carmilla (1872), which influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula
(1897) and remains an important work of early vampire fiction, Le
Fanu was also an influential figure in mid-nineteenth century Irish
literature as a writer and editor for the Dublin University
Magazine. Mysterious and Horrific Stories collects fifteen of Le
Fanu's finest works of short fiction from across his storied
career. In "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," a man returns home
after years abroad accompanied by a strange, shadowy companion.
Under mysterious circumstances, Sir Robert has amassed a tremendous
fortune and seems either unwilling or unable to reveal the truth
behind his sudden rise to wealth. In "Schalken the Painter," a
young Dutch apprentice falls in love with his master's young niece,
the beautiful Rose Velderkaust. Fearful of angering the great
painter Gerard Douw, whom he worries would reject a marriage
proposal from a struggling artist, he keeps silent about his
affections. When an older, wealthier man proposes to Rose, Douw
consents to their marriage despite the man's unsettling appearance.
"The Drunkard's Dream" is a tale of horror in which a man receives
a powerful and terrifying vision of Hell. Alongside twelve more
tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces, including "An
Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" and "The Child That Went
With the Fairies," these selections from Le Fanu's body of work
continue to entertain and astound nearly two centuries after they
first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu's Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a classic of Irish
literature reimagined for modern readers.
Uncle Silas (1864) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Expanded
from an earlier short story, Uncle Silas is considered an important
precursor to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, and remains the
author’s most popular novel. It has been adapted several times
for film, television, and radio. Following the untimely death of
her father, Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at Bartram-Haugh, the
estate of her estranged Uncle Silas. Under the terms of her
father’s will, Maud must live in Silas’s care for three and a
half years, or until she is old enough to take control of the
family fortune. Unsure, but trusting her father’s judgment, she
consents to the terms and makes her way to Bartram-Haugh, where she
will live with a man of whom she knows very little. Rumored to have
lived a troubled youth, Silas has supposedly found religion, but
the recent suicide of a man to whom Silas owed money casts doubts
on his intentions and unsettles young Maud. Nevertheless, she soon
grows accustomed to life at his estate, befriending Silas’s
daughter Millicent. When Dudley, her cousin, begins to court her,
Maud first denies his advances before seeking her uncle’s advice.
The family soon discovers that Dudley has been married all along,
and he is banished from Bartram-Haugh, leaving Maud in peace for a
time. Soon, however, Millicent is sent away to France to attend
school, leaving Maud at the estate on her own. Only slightly
comforted by Silas’s promise to reunite the two cousins as soon
as he can, Maud waits for the day of her journey, altogether
unaware of the plot unfolding right before her eyes. Uncle Silas is
a masterful novel of mystery and suspense from Joseph Sheridan Le
Fanu, an important pioneer of Gothic horror. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Uncle Silas is a classic of Irish
literature reimagined for modern readers.
The House by the Church-Yard (1863) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan
Le Fanu. An important source for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake,
The House by the Church-Yard is a hybrid of the mystery and
historical genres of fiction. With its complex use of side plots
and extensive frame narrative, the novel is central to Le Fanu’s
legacy as an innovator whose literary works inspired Bram Stoker
and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. During a routine interment at a
churchyard in the historic village of Chapelizod, a grave is
disturbed revealing a skull buried a century earlier. Upon
examination, a gruesome discovery is made—not only does the skull
show signs of severe head trauma, it contains a hole from an
emergency trepanning procedure. Stirred by the discovery, an old
man named Charles de Cresseron pieces together the story of a time
the village had nearly forgotten. In the eighteenth century, a
coffin was secretly buried in the churchyard, with no defining
characteristics except for the initials “R.D.” As the story
unfolds, it becomes clear that this burial is somehow related to a
series of mysterious events—a love triangle between a general’s
daughter, a local official, and a man who has taken residence in a
home rumored to be haunted; the suicide of a disgraced prisoner;
and a rivalry between a deeply indebted doctor and the agent of a
local lord whose home has been infiltrated by a dubious imposter.
As these plots swirl and converge, The House by the Church-Yard
emerges as a masterpiece of suspense, a thriller that delights its
reader just as much as it demands their attention. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s The House by the
Church-Yard is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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