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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sheridan_Le_FanuSheridan Le Fanu - Wikipedia

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   Eleanor, Emma, Thomas, George. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu ( / ˈlɛfən.juː /; [1] [2] 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. [3] M.

   • The House by The Churchyard

     The House by the Churchyard (1863) is a novel by Sheridan Le...

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     Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan...

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Sheridan-Le-FanuSheridan Le Fanu | Victorian Gothic, Supernatural Fiction ...

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   Mar 21, 2024 · Sheridan Le Fanu (born Aug. 28, 1814, Dublin, Ire.—died Feb. 7, 1873, Dublin) was an Irish writer of ghost stories and mystery novels, celebrated for his ability to evoke the ominous atmosphere of a haunted house. Le Fanu belonged to an old Dublin Huguenot family and was related on his mother’s side to Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

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   Who was oseph Sheridan Le Fanu?

   • oseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin in 1814 and died in the same city in 1873. He trained as a lawyer, but is only known today as an influential writer of Gothic and Sensational fiction. His forebears were of Huguenot extraction and were part of the Anglican Ascendancy, the Protestant elite that ruled Ireland.

   An Introduction to the Life and Work of J. S. Le Fanu - The Victorian Web

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   What is the first full bibliography of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu?

   • Gary William Crawford's J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography (1995) is the first full bibliography. Crawford and Brian J. Showers's Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography (2011) is a supplement to Crawford's out-of-print 1995 bibliography.

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   What is Le Fanu best known for?

   • 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 the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard .

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   What books did Le Fanu write?

   • Le Fanu published many novels in the contemporary sensation fiction style of Wilkie Collins and others: His best-known works, still widely read today, are: The seductive vampire Carmilla attacks the sleeping Bertha Rheinfeldt. Uncle Silas (1864), a macabre mystery novel and classic of gothic horror.

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4. victorianweb.org › authors › lefanuAn Introduction to the Life and Work of J. S. Le Fanu

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   Life and Work. oseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin in 1814 and died in the same city in 1873. He trained as a lawyer, but is only known today as an influential writer of Gothic and Sensational fiction. His forebears were of Huguenot extraction and were part of the Anglican Ascendancy, the Protestant elite that ruled Ireland.

5. www.irishtimes.com › culture › heritageSheridan Le Fanu’s haunting legacy – The Irish Times

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   Aug 26, 2014 · Tue Aug 26 2014 - 01:00. Although he is probably not as well known as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker or Mary Shelley, the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, who was born 200 years ago on August...

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7. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Victorian Literature - Oxford ...

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   Jan 11, 2024 · Introduction. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (b. 1814–d. 1873) was an Irish writer who worked across several genres, including historical fiction, nonfiction, sensation novels, short stories, and tales of mystery. Throughout his career, he worked as a journalist, editor, and writer, and he contributed to several newspapers and magazines.