J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales
1983
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
182
Number of Pages
Contains the following stories. Schalken The Painter (1851) An Account Of Some Strange Disturbances In Aungier Street (1853) The Murdered Cousin An Authentic Narrative Of A Haunted House (1862) Ultor De Lacy: A Legend Of Cappercullen (1861) The Haunted Baronet (1871) The Drunkard's Dream (1838) The Ghost and the Bone-setter (1838) The Mysterious Lodger (1850) Laura Silver Bell (1872) Wicked Captain Walshawe, Of Wauling (1869) The Child That Went With The Fairies (1870) Stories Of Lough Guir (1870) The Vision Of Tom Chuff (1870) Dickon The Devil (1872)
Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
40
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
48%
3 STARS
33%
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Author
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Author · 68 books
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the 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.
