Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: 194 books

There are other smaller streets and by-lanes, some dark with a monastic stillness, others thinly built, with little gardens and old plum and pear trees peeping over grass-grown walls, and here and there you light upon a fragment of that ancient town wall from which, in the great troubles which have...

The bloated and gouty old man, in his horror, considered the question of resistance. But his athletic days were long over. This moor was a desert. There was no help to be had. He was in the hands of strange servants, even if his recognition turned out to be delusion, and they were under the command of his captors. There was nothing for it but submission, for the present.

Chapter I ON THE ROAD   In the eventful year, 1815, I was exactly three-and-twenty, and had just succeeded to a very large sum in consols and other securities. The first fall of Napoleon had thrown the continent open to English excursionists, anxious, let us suppose, to...

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A narrative about a judge who is destined to sentence himself to death. This is one of the few astounding ghost stories of the Victorian era. With twists and turns that will create goosebumps and keep the readers in suspense this is a page-turner.

Tales of spooks and spirits that have taught generations of readers what it means to be afraid of the dark—by authors from H. G. Wells to Willa Cather.   Before movies, television, and teams of high-tech “ghost hunters” running around darkened houses, there was only one sure-fire way to scare...

With this fantastic book, you will enjoy the most terrifying stories about ghosts. We are sure that you read many ghosts stories, but anyone like these ones.

Table of ContentsJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu BiographyAn Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier StreetAn Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House CarmillaThe Child That Went with the FairiesThe Dead Sexton Dickon the DevilThe Evil GuestThe Haunted Baronet The House by the Church-YardThe Ghost and...

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872 it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema. - Excerpted from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia.

Stunningly effervescent the book encapsulates moral corruption in the society. Le Fanu has lucratively embellished the story with terror and suspense. Its remarkable poetic sense delicate language and incidents give these tales quite a distinguished place among works of sensational fiction. Absolutely worth reading!

The work is most unique for its mysterious and queer atmosphere. The descent of a man into the world of dark and evil is depicted in the pages. The feeling of desperation and anxiety can be felt as the author elucidates the condition of the protagonist. Spine-chilling!