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 Bront'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.
Horrors like this one, "The House by the Churchyard" -- a thrilling, haunting tale that remains in the memory long after the lights go out. Set in Chapelizod in Dublin (where LeFanu lived for some time) it was an important source for James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake,"
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 Bront'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.
Horrors like this one, "The House by the Churchyard" -- a thrilling, haunting tale that remains in the memory long after the lights go out. Set in Chapelizod in Dublin (where LeFanu lived for some time) it was an important source for James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake,"
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.
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