| Two Weird Mysteries by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Literary, Horror, Fantasy Contributor(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan (Author), Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598181475 ISBN-13: 9781598181470 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This volume contains two of Le Fanu's stories: A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE TYRONE FAMILY (a story which may have been an inspiration for Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre) and THE MURDERED COUSIN (the earliest "sealed room" mystery known). Although not well known today, Le Fanu was a favorite of writers like Bram Stoker and M.R. James, who considered Le Fanu to be one of the best supernatural writers of the time. His prose is vivid and detailed and his horror relies on effect and mood, rather than on gore or shock value. Victorian hosts would often place a book of Le Fanu's stories by their guests' bedsides, for their reading pleasure late at night. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 108 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: - "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." |