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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Tenants of Malory" is the sensation novel about two feuding families, Verney and Fanshawe, and their ambiguous relationship. Arthur, Lord Verney's nephew, cannot choose between his feelings to Margaret Fanshawe and for his benefit. Through this novel, the author asks a question - how many moral principles is a person willing to...
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Combining detective with gothic romance, "Checkmate" tells the story of a rich man Walter Longcluse, who, through a relationship with Alice Wynderbroke and her family, falls into a whirlpool of terrible events, including murder. This book is an excellent example of the well-written sensation novel.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "In a Glass Darkly" is a collection of mystery stories presented as cases of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius, who believes that ghosts can be real. Three stories are included in this book: Green Tea, The Familiar, and Mr. Justice Harbottle.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
The House by the Churchyard is a novel bySheridan Le Fanu published in 1863 that combineselements of the mystery novel and the historicalnovel. Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin,in the 1760s the story opens with the accidentaldisinterment of an old skull in the churchyard,and an eerie late-night funeral. This discovery relatesto murders, both recent and historical whoserepercussions disrupt the complacent pace of villageaffairs and change the lives of many of its notablecharacters...
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Filled with mystery, "The Evil Guest" is a murder story set in Victorianera England. It tells a story of Richard Marston, who lives in poverty with his family. His house slowly decays, and moral principles fade away. This decline reaches its critical point when inhabitants of the mansion find Marston's rich cousin dead in one of the rooms....
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Le Fanu's last major novel "Willing to Die" considered one of the most ambitious and thought-provoking of his works. It is an intricate story about a tragic life that ended too soon.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Laura and her father live quietly in a castle in the middle of a thick forest, but their lives change when beautiful, strange Carmilla becomes their guest. People start dying, and Laura also becomes ill. Laura's father is worried. Will his daughter die too? Or can the deaths be stopped?
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers III" contains five gothic short stories like "Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow" and "The Quare Gander," recognized as a classic of Fantasy & Horror genres.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814—1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. As an excellent example of a. Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an old countryside manor house with a set of colorful characters and ambiguous relationships between them. Treason, intrigues, conspiracy and a burning desire for revenge — what a wonderful way to start an exciting and unpredictable story!
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century, "The Tenants of Malory" is the sensation novel about two feuding families, Verney and Fanshawe, and their ambiguous relationship. Arthur, Lord Verney's nephew, cannot choose between his feelings to Margaret Fanshawe and for his benefit. Through this novel, the author asks a question - how many moral principles is a person willing to...
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers II" is a collection of classic short stories. The author filled the book with dark, alluring atmosphere. It immerses the reader in a world of the unknown, even supernatural.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Ghostly Tales" is the most extensive collection of the author's works, containing eleven atmospheric tales about the supernatural, such as "Stories of Lough Guir", "Dickon the Devil" or mysterious "The Child that went with the Fairies".
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" is told through the eyes of Dick, a medical student who moves with his cousin Tom into his uncle's unoccupied house on Aungier Street, somewhere in Dublin. Dick and Tom begin having nightmares in which they are visited by mysterious floating portraits and the ghost of the judge.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. With the tradition of collecting the best tales about ghosts, "Ghostly Tales" incorporates four brilliant stories, such as "Ghost Stories of Chapelizod" and "The Ghost and the Bone-setter" and "The Mysterious Lodger".
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Watcher and Other Weird Stories" is a collection of beautifully written tales of the uncanny, including "The Watcher" itself and five other alluring, fascinating stories like "The Dream" and "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family."
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Combining the elements of drama, psychological thriller, and gothic horror, "The Wyvern Mystery" tells the story of a young woman Alice Maybell. Raised by Squire Fairfield, she starts to attract the attention of his two sons, Charles and Harry. This happy life ends when Alice begins to dive into the family's history, trying to unveil the...
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Set in eighteen century Dublin, "Cock and Anchor" is a story of two lovers, young Edmond O'Connor and miss Mary Ashwoode. Being an unwanted pair for the Ashwoode family, this couple has to contend with the prejudices and outright tyranny of Mary's father, Sir Richard, and her brother Henry.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "In a Glass Darkly" is a collection of mystery stories presented as cases of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius, who believes that ghosts can be real.
| Автор | Le Fanu |
| Жанр | Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |