Author: Joseph Sheridan Le FanuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le FanuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Purcell Papers, Complete
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le FanuPublisher: 谷月社
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A noble Huguenot family, owning considerable property in Normandy, the Le Fanus of Caen, were, upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, deprived of their ancestral estates of Mandeville, Sequeville, and Cresseron; but, owing to their possessing influential relatives at the court of Louis the Fourteenth, were allowed to quit their country for England, unmolested, with their personal property. We meet with John Le Fanu de Sequeville and Charles Le Fanu de Cresseron, as cavalry officers in William the Third's army; Charles being so distinguished a member of the King's staff that he was presented with William's portrait from his master's own hand. He afterwards served as a major of dragoons under Marlborough. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, William Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family. He married Henrietta Raboteau de Puggibaut, the last of another great and noble Huguenot family, whose escape from France, as a child, by the aid of a Roman Catholic uncle in high position at the French court, was effected after adventures of the most romantic danger. Joseph Le Fanu, the eldest of the sons of this marriage who left issue, held the office of Clerk of the Coast in Ireland. He married for the second time Alicia, daughter of Thomas Sheridan and sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan; his brother, Captain Henry Le Fanu, of Leamington, being united to the only other sister of the great wit and orator. Dean Thomas Philip Le Fanu, the eldest son of Joseph Le Fanu, became by his wife Emma, daughter of Dr. Dobbin, F.T.C.D., the father of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the subject of this memoir, whose name is so familiar to English and American readers as one of the greatest masters of the weird and the terrible amongst our modern novelists. Born in Dublin on the 28th of August, 1814, he did not begin to speak until he was more than two years of age; but when he had once started, the boy showed an unusual aptitude in acquiring fresh words, and using them correctly.One of these, preserved long afterwards by his mother, represented a balloon in mid-air, and two aeronauts, who had occupied it, falling headlong to earth, the disaster being explained by these words: 'See the effects of trying to go to Heaven.'
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery
Author: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le FanuPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
An incredible collection of twelve horrifying short stories. Many of these ghost stories are set in Limerick, Ireland. The use of folklore gives them a compelling atmosphere, uniquely different from the gothic supernatural tales of the time.
The Purcell Papers
Author: Sheridan Le FanuPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776586557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Purcell Papers is a comprehensive collection of Sheridan Le Fanu's early short stories, and they reflect his interest in Irish folklore, as well as his burgeoning fascination with the supernatural. Some of the tales have a charming, humorous tone, while others are characterized by the spine-chilling twists and turns that would later launch Le Fanu to the top of the gothic horror genre.
XIX Century Fiction, Volume One
Author: M. SadleirPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520349768
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1195
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
The Illustrated J.S. Le Fanu
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le FanuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Ghost and mystery stories.
The Greatest Works of Sheridan Le Fanu (65+ Novels & Short Stories in One Edition)
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le FanuPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6649
Book Description
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels & Novellas: Uncle Silas The Cock and Anchor The House by the Church-Yard Wylder's Hand Guy Deverell The Tenants of Malory Haunted Lives The Wyvern Mystery Checkmate Willing to Die The Haunted Baronet Spalatro Short Story Collections: In a Glass Darkly: Green Tea The Familiar Mr Justice Harbottle The Room in the Dragon Volant Carmilla The Purcell Papers: 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 in the Life of Schalken the Painter Scraps of Hibernian Ballads Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald The Quare Gander Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery: Madam Crowl's Ghost Squire Toby's Will Dickon the Devil The Child That Went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol An Account of Some Strange Distrubances in Aungier Street Ghost Stories of Chapelizod Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Sir Dominick's Bargain Ultor de Lacy The Vision of Tom Chuff Stories of Lough Guir Other Tales: The Evil Guest The Watcher Laura Silver Bell The Murdered Cousin The Mysterious Lodger An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House The Dead Sexton A Debt of Honor Devereux's Dream Catherine's Quest Haunted Pichon and Sons The Phantom Fourth The Spirit's Whisper Dr. Feversham's Story The Secret of the Two Plaster Casts What Was It? Poetry Biography Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.
The Purcell Papers
Author: J. Sheridan Le FanuPublisher:
ISBN: 1847026788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
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 In The Life Of Schalken The Painter. Scraps Of Hibernian Ballads. Jim Sulivan's Adventures In The Great Snow. A Chapter In The History Of A Tyrone Family. An Adventure Of Hardress Fitzgerald. A Royalist Captain. 'The Quare Gander'. Billy Malowney's Taste Of Love And Glory
The Short Stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, Including (complete and Unabridged): 54 Stories from These Collections - The Purcell Papers, In a Glass Darkly,
Author: Sheridan Le FanuPublisher: Benediction Classics
ISBN: 9781781394953
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
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
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