Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu 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. 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.
Books by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Uncle Silas
by Sheridan Le Fanu
3.7(7,221)
Trapped in the desolate mansion of her Uncle Silas, Maud Ruthyn must outwit a sinister plot by her guardian, his brutish son, and a malevolent governess who conspire to murder her for her inheritance.
In a Glass Darkly
by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Occult detective Dr. Hesselius investigates cases of spectral monkeys, vengeful doppelgängers, and a seductive lesbian vampire preying on Victorian victims.
Carmilla
by Sheridan Le Fanu
3.8(44,727)
A lonely young woman in a secluded Styrian castle finds her life, and perhaps her very soul, taken by the mysterious Countess Carmilla, whose nightly habits and chilling secrets hint at a monstrous, immortal hunger.