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In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a
solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one
moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying
an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish
friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion.
But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to
eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by
nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by
twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped
in sexual tension and gothic romance.
This title is edited by M.R. James. In 1888 Henry James wrote
'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the
ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'.
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories are tales selected from Le
Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University
Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister
qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The
great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this
book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank
as a writer of ghost stories.'
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In A Glass Darkly (Paperback)
Sheridan Le Fanu; Introduction by David Stuart Davies; Series edited by David Stuart Davies
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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Joseph Sheridan Le
Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of
mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of
the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most
celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a
pioneer psychologist. These five tales represent some of Le Fanu's
most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of
the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features
both ghosts and vampires - Le Fanu redefined the parameters of
supernatural fiction. He had little interest in the crude depiction
of other worldly phenomena in order to provide the reader with a
pleasurable frisson of fear. Le Fanu concern rather lay in the
examination of the results of supernatural experience on the psyche
of his protagonist, in this he paved the way for the work of Henry
James and M. R. James. This volume is an indispensable cornerstone
of modern horror and remains one of the finest collections of
unsettling fiction in the language.
Sheridan Le Fanu was lauded by contemporaries such as M. R. James
for his innovations in the ghost story and mystery genres, and his
mastery of conjuring atmosphere and driving stories to thrilling
narrative crescendos. And yet, aside from some regularly
anthologised short stories and novellas, much of the writer's
fiction remains unknown despite its quality. Aiming to firmly
position Sheridan Le Fanu alongside other canonical horror writers
published by the British Library, this anthology focuses on some of
his lesser-known stories, exploring eight thoroughly Gothic tales
of murderous families, dark castles and ghosts whose business with
the living remains unfinished.
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Uncle Silas (Paperback)
Sheridan Le Fanu
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'The old woman opened the door, and the next moment I was in the
presence of Uncle Silas.' In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old
orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the
claustrophobic Bartram-Haugh house with her mysterious Uncle Silas.
Silas has a reputation for gambling debts and past accusations of
murder, but now lives as a reformed Christian. Sinister schemes and
preternatural events unfold as Silas, his son, and a malevolent
governess plot against Maud and her fortune. Uncle Silas has been
hailed by contemporaries and modern critics alike as one of the
finest works of sensation fiction. With elements of tragic romance,
horror, and psychological thriller, Uncle Silas shows Le Fanu at
the height of his powers as the father of the Gothic novel. With an
introduction from Claire Connolly, this edition places the novel in
its broadest context and unpicks the layers of Celtic, Christian,
and mystic influence behind Le Fanu's best known work. ABOUT THE
SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made
available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship,
providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities,
helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for
further study, and much more.
Here are 16 classic ghost stories "Carmilla," (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea," "The Familiar," "The Haunted Baronet," "Madam Crowl's Ghost," "The Dead Sexton," "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House," plus nine others. Half these stories never published before in U.S.
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Gothic Horror Short Stories (Hardcover)
Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Frederic Benson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, …
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This collection of classic horror stories by Sheridan Le Fanu
includes his famous novella, 'Carmilla', which was a big influence
on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', along with several other of Le Fanu's
finest stories. Contents: 1. Carmilla 2. Green Tea 3. Mr. Justice
Harbottle 4. Schalken the Painter 5. An Account of Some Strange
Disturbances in Aungier Street 6. The Watcher
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Carmilla (Paperback)
Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Carmilla (Hardcover)
Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Carmilla (Paperback)
Adam Yee; Originally written by Sheridan Le Fanu
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