Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Books


Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula by 26 years. First published in 1872, it ..

The House by the Church-Yard

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The House by the Churchyard is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its own merits, the novel is important as a key source for J..

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Though carefully educated in medicine and surgery, I have never practised either. The study of each continues, nevertheless, to interest me profoundly. Neither idleness nor caprice caused my secession..

The Room in the Dragon Volant

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in love with a mysterious and imperiled Countess, whom ..

J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 is a multi volume collection of ghost stories written by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu, who was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horro..