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1	Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Lefanu more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Editor), J Sheridan Lefanu, Everett F Bleiler (Editor) add to wishlist Sixteen stories by greatest Victorian master of the chilling tale: "Carmilla" (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea," "The Familiar," "The Haunted Baronet," "Madam Crowl's Ghost," "The Dead Sexton," plus 10 others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.09! \| first editions \| SVS
2	In a glass darkly more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist 'the ideal reading...for the hours after midnight' Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as 'The Invisible Prince' because of his reclusive and nocturnal habits, Le Fanu was fascinated by the occult. His writings draw on the Gothic tradition, elements of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Uncle Silas more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist To show his belief in his brother, Maud Ruthyn's father nominates him as her guardian, and leaves her entire fortune to her Uncle Silas if she should die under age. The orphaned 17-year-old Maud refuses to marry Silas's son, is imprisoned and avoids a murder attempt. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.13! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Uncle Silas a Tale of Bartram Haugh more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist This is one of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In "Uncle Silas" (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by unscrupulous schemers. The narrator, Maud Ruthyn, is a 17 year old orphan left in the ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.89! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and the Vampyre more books like this by Tamar Sheridan Bergman, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist Three classic works of vampire literature come together for the first time in one volume. Complementing the complete texts are background essays as well as additional selections by the three authors and others. Because the vampire novel has proven so influential in film, an extensive filmography is included. see all copies from $11.81! new only from $17.49! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales by Sheridan Le Fanu, M. R. James add to wishlist This title is edited by M.R. James. In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. "Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories" are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in "The Dublin University Magazine" and other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| first editions
7	Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J Sheridan Lefanu add to wishlist Four chilling tales by great Victorian master offer high craftsmanship, literary skill, psychological penetration. Title story plus Squire Toby's Will, The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh and Sir Dominick's Bargain. New introductory Note. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.13! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The house by the churchyard more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist "The House by the Churchyard" is simply a triumph of style. From the outset, this particular work contrives to create an atmosphere of such uneasy foreboding, that the reader cannot help but be drawn in, despite any well-founded misgivings. This is one of the finest examples of literature of this kind, from a master of the art of the supernatural. ... see all copies from $5.89! new only from $5.89! \| SVS
9	The Wyvern Mystery more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist As genteel Miss Alice Maybell enters the Vale of Carwell, she notices, in a passing carriage, a tall, mysterious female who stirs in her a chilling sense of foreboding. Alice is plunged into a tale of rural terror, centred on Carwell Grange, the place where Alice spent her orphaned childhood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| first editions
10	The Purcell Papers more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era. Le Fanu studied law at Trinity College in Dublin. He soon abandoned law for journalism. In 1838 he began ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $14.18! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Rose and the Key more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist A beautiful young heroine-A cruel and unfeeling mother-A one-eyed spy-A mesmerist-A lunatic asylum. These are the perfect components for a Victorian sensation novel, and in "The Rose and the Key," J. Sheridan Le Fanu weaves them into a thrilling Gothic mystery. The terror builds slowly, as young Maud Vernon and her old cousin Maximilla enjoy a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.64! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Betsy Sheridan's Journal: Letters from Sheridan's Sister 1784-1786 and 1788-1790 more books like this by Betsy Sheridan (Editor), William Le Fanu (Editor) add to wishlist In the 1780s Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheridan, the younger sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, kept a journal which she sent as weekly letters to her older sister Alicia in Dublin. The letters recount with a lively wit all the details of Betsy Sheridan's glittering social world--the round from London to Tunbridge Wells and Bath, her extensive contact ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $15.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Editor) add to wishlist "Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Tales of Mystery" is a collection of twelve of the finest stories from a master of psychological suspense. Le Fanu's pedigree in this genre is undoubted; his novella Carmella inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, amongst others; and he is regarded as the father of the Irish gothic style. As consistently unsettling as they ... see all copies from $3.22! new only from $5.89! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Ghost Stories and Mysteries more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J S Lefanu, Everett F Bleiler (Editor) add to wishlist Remaining supernatural fiction by writer many consider greatest ghost story writer of all time. Mystery stories are equally memorable. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Carmilla and Other Tales of Mystery: And 12 Other Classic Tales of Mystery more books like this by Sheridan Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Leonard Wolf (Introduction by) add to wishlist Joesph Sheridan LeFanu is considered the inventory of the modern "ghost story", and was an inspiration and mentor for many of the 19th century's greatest writers, including Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Charloote Bronte, Mary Shelly, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and many more. This superb anthology brilliantly eerie tales will bring ... see all copies from $4.15! new only from $55.00!
16 view cover	Secret Histories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist A collection of papers from Francis Purcell, a parish priest in the south of Ireland. Father Purcell was a collector of old local traditions, and weirder things, too. (Genereal History) see all copies from $11.45! new only from $11.45! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Blood and Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature more books like this by Adele Olivia Gladwell (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of vampire stories by such authors as Bram Stoker, Sheridan LeFanu, John Polidori, and Baudelaire, among others. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $21.43! \| first editions
18 view cover	In a Glass Darkly(Wordsworth Mystery & the Supernatural) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist Sheridan Le Fanu, wrote fellow author, M.R. James, 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories'. A best-selling author from 1860 to 1880, Le Fanu is feted today as a master of his art. "In a Glass Darkly" is a remarkable collection of tales of the supernatural, in which the patients of Dr Heselius are plagued by malignant ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $6.52!
19 view cover	Wylder's hand more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist There was a little fair-haired child playing on the ground before the steps as I whirled by. The old rector had long passed away; the shorts, gaiters, and smile -- a phantom; and nature, who had gathered in the past, was providing for the future. The pretty mill-road, running up through Redman's Dell, dank and dark with tall romantic trees, was ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $11.43! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Carmilla more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist The exquisite and deadly vampire "Carmilla" haunts LeFanu's influential novel. A Gothic tale of blood and terror, "Carmilla" inspired later classics by Bram Stoker and Robert Louis Stevenson. see all copies from $4.47! new only from $8.30! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Two Weird Mysteries more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J Sheridan Lefanu add to wishlist This volume contains two of LeFanu'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, LeFanu was a favorite of writers like Bram Stoker and M.R. James, who ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
22 view cover	Green Tea and Other Strange Tales more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist From "Green Tea": "The evil spirits associated with man are, indeed from the hells, but when with man they are not then in hell, but are taken out thence. The place where they then are, is in the midst between heaven and hell, and is called the world of spirits -- when the evil spirits who are with man, are in that world, they are not in any ... see all copies from $9.47! new only from $10.92! \| SVS
23 view cover	Checkmate more books like this by J Sheridan La Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Jessica De Mellow (Introduction by) add to wishlist Originally published in 1870 and reissued for the POCKET CLASSICS series, a mystery story which centres on a strange and mysterious man with a disfigurement and a 'dark' past which he reveals to no-one. By the author of IN A GLASS DARKLY and THE ROSE AND THE KEY. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.39! \| SVS
24 view cover	More Ghostly Tales more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J Sheridan Lefanu add to wishlist Included in this volume of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's eerie tales are Ghost Stories of Chapelizod, including "The Village Bully," "The Sexton's Adventure," "The Specter Lovers"; "The Drunkard's Dream"; "The Ghost and the Bonesetter"; "The Mysterious Lodger"; "Laura Silver Bell"; "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling"; "The Child That Went with the ... see all copies from $13.45! new only from $13.45! \| SVS
25 view cover	The Ghost & the Bonesetter more books like this by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu add to wishlist The first collection of the papers of Francis Purcell, a parish priest in thesouth of Ireland, who was a collector of old local traditions. see all copies from $9.22! new only from $9.22! \| SVS

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