joseph s le fanu

Here's a podcast on this famous story of Dr. Hesselius and the unfortunate Mr. Jennings. The guest is Jack Sullivan, author of the well-known book on supernatural fiction, Elegant Nightmares. The Great Books Podcast: 'Green Tea' | National Review

Uncle Silas (1864) is a Victorian classic of eerie mystery. It has been praised by ghost story master M. R. James (who introduced an edition of the novel) and other readers for 150 years. It gets compared to Wilkie Collins's best novels. Abridged versions appear to be common. The Dover and...

j.d. worthington asked, in another thread: And rather than hijack the monthly reading thread, I thought I would reply here. The book is not, strictly speaking, either SF or F, but there is, at the very least, an association with our genres, because LeFanu wrote so many stories with a...

The 1800s irish horror author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu came to my notice recently and I was wondering if anyone here has read anything by this person. Apparently his vampire novella Carmilla was an influence on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Any insights would be welcome.