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Books : Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( L ) : Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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In Uncle Silas, Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel, Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear. With its subversion of reality and illusion, and its exploration of fear through the use of mystery and the supernatural, Uncle Silas shuns the conventions of traditional horror and delivers a chilling psychological thriller.
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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.
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets represented by a collection of their most popular poems on one CD with W. B. Yeats, one of the most loved poets of the 20th century. He left a large legacy of outstanding poems, and the finest are collected here: Down by the Salley Gardens, The Lake Isle of Inisfree, The Secret Rose and He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven. They are read by a strong cast led by Olivier award winner Jim Norton.
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Before Dracula came Carmilla -- the tale of an excuisite and beautiful vampire and the young woman she befriends and feeds upon. Part of the Wildside Fantasy Classics series.
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The Wyvern Mystery combines all the elements of nail-biting horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller and rich period drama to create a compelling story. When young Alice Maybell is orphaned she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two dashing sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice blossoms into a beautiful young woman she attracts the attentions of not one but two of the men she lives with. The blissful happiness that ensues, however, is short-lived as she finds herself embroiled in the dark secrets of the Fairfield family's past and the evil ambitions of its present.In a world that is nightmarish and malevolent, nothing and no one is quite what they seem. What is the dark secret in Charles Fairfield's past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange?
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NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader.
A collection of some of the most horrifying stories written in the early part of the century.
In this volume:
The Judge's House by Bram Stoker
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Madam Crowl's Ghost by J.S. Le Fanu
The Torture of Hope by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon
The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
How Love Came To Professor Guildea. by Robert Hichens
"The Iron Shroud" by William Mudford
A must-read for classic and gothic horror fans!
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Story-telling in the format of novella represents a significant part of horror fiction around the time of the Victorian Age. The first story is The Lifted Veil by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans). The second story is Mr Justice Harbottle by Sheridan Le Fanu who helped craft the genre of ghost stories during his time. The third story is The Jolley Corner, which is often considered to be one of Henry James- best ghost stories.
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Carmilla is the book that set the text for Dracula, that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. This is Carmilla, J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic novel of blood, terror -- and a love that dare not speak its name.
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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)
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The Haunted Baronet.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DICKON THE DEVIL,
A DEBT OF HONOR,
DEVEREUX'S DREAM,
CATHERINE'S QUEST,
HAUNTED,
PICHON AND SONS, OF THE CROIX ROUSSE,
THE PHANTOM FOURTH,
THE SPIRIT'S WHISPER,
DR. FEVERSHAM'S STORY,
THE SECRET OF THE TWO PLASTER CASTS,
WHAT WAS IT?
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Be afraid, be very afraid: really scary things can come in small packages, and these 100 frightening little tales offer big chills and thrills. They represent more than 150 year's worth of writing, and include the greats: H.P. Lovecraft ("The Terrible Old Man"), Ambrose Bierce ("The Stranger"), Lafcadio Hearn ("A Dead Secret"), Oscar Wilde ("The Sphinx Without a Secret"), and J. Sheridan Le Fanu ("The Ghost and the Bone-Setter"). Best of all, a variety of human emotions and behavior come to the fore, from avarice (August Derleth's "Pacific 421") to revenge (Thorp McCluskey's "Black Gold"), from jealousy (Steve Rasnic Tem's "Daddy") to honor (Edith Nesbit's "John Charrington's Wedding") to love (Darrell Schwietzer's "Clocks"). Using a minimum of elements, each ghost story in this collection will entertain, captivate, and evoke a powerful response in readers.
So be warned: you might not want to read these while you're all alone in the house...
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We are going to talk if you please in the ensuing chapters of what was going on in Chapelizod about a hundred years ago. A hundred years to be sure is a good while; but though fashions have changed some old phrases dropped out and new ones come in; and snuff and hair-powder and sacques and solitaires quite passed away...' (Excerpt from Prologue)
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Carmilla is the book that set the text for Dracula, that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. This is Carmilla, J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic novel of blood, terror -- and a love that dare not speak its name.
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