The House by the Churchyard by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Classics, Horror, Fantasy

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J Sheridan Le Fanu

Overview

J. Sheridan LeFanu -- Irish author of such classics as the short vampire novel Carmella (reputed to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula) and A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family (said to be the tale that gave rise to Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights -- lived from 1814 until 1873. He wrote all sorts of tales, but he's best remembered as a writer of mysteries and horror.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598184242
Publisher:	Aegypan
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Pages:	484
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Joseph Thomas 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. 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.