Books with author J. Sheridan le Fanu

Carmilla is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla). Le Fanu presents the story as part of the casebook of Dr. Hesselius, whose departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult doctor in literature. The story is often anthologized and has been adapted many times in film and other media. It is a one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years.Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was 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".

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 contributing stories to the Dublin University Magazine. He became owner of several newspapers from 1840, including the Dublin Evening Mail and the Warder. Le Fanu worked in many genres but remains best known for his mystery and horror fiction. He was a meticulous craftsman, with a penchant for frequently reworking plots and ideas from his earlier writing in subsequent pieces of writing. He specialised in tone and effect rather than "shock horror", often following a mystery format. Key to his style was the avoidance of overt supernatural effects. Among his famous works are: The House by the Church-Yard (1863), Uncle Silas (1864), Carmilla (1872), The Purcell Papers (1880), and The Evil Guest (1895).

Symbolic of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s transitional status is the fact that his first novel, The Cock and Anchor (1845), originally a historical novel, was rewritten much later as a real mystery story, with a change of time and place, and published as Checkmate (1871). One cannot but admire the cleverness with which he adapts the characters and even the minor details of plot to his changed purpose.Some of the changes in Checkmate may not be relevant to this discussion, being made necessary by the change of setting from eighteenth century Ireland to Victorian England; some of the subordinate villains change from stage Irishmen to stage Jews, and the hero becomes a respectable gentleman who waits in the wings to marry the heroine (who does not die). It is the handling of the villain that shows Le Fanu’s skill in a new genre. Blarden is a villain of the crudest kind, but his counterpart, Walter Longcluse, is an elegant gentleman who moves easily in the best society; he has immense wealth but a somewhat mysterious past. Although there is nothing improper about his courting the heroine, Alice Arden, her family rejects him in favor of a presentable lord; in his anger, he behaves like Blarden and blackmails Alice’s brother. At this point, a somewhat primitive Sherlock Holmes figure intervenes. Alice’s uncle, David Arden, a successful businessman, follows a hunch that there is some connection between Longcluse and Yelland Mace, who years before had been involved in the murder of Arden’s brother. In Paris, Arden tracks down the mysterious Baron Vanboeren, the plastic surgeon who had transformed Mace into Longcluse. Mace/Longcluse turns out to be an illegitimate Arden, who seeks revenge. Though not considered one of Le Fanu’s best novels, Checkmate is notable for the ingenious development of the plot and for the character of Longcluse. The transformation of the benevolent uncle should be noted: Mary Ashewoode’s uncles are ready to defend her with their money and the sword, but David Arden protects his niece with his analytical mind. There is an official detective in the novel, but he has been discharged from the police force, is duped by the villain, and dies ignominiously of scarlatina.

One of Le Fanu's lesser-known works, "The Room at the Dragon Volant" is a historical fantasy. "J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873). Irish journalist, novelists, and short story writer, called the father of the modern ghost story. Although Le Fanu was one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era, he is not so widely read anymore. Le Fanu's best-known works include Uncle Silas (1864), a suspense story, and The House by the Churchyard (1863), a murder mystery. His vampire story 'Carmilla,' which influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula, has been filmed several times." -- Books and Writers.

Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg.Like many of Le Fanu's novels, it grew out of an earlier short story, "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (1839), which he also published as "The Murdered Cousin" in the 1851 collection Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery. The setting of the original story was Irish; presumably, it was changed to Derbyshire for the novel because this would appeal more to a British audience.

"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. carmilla / carmilla sheridan le fanu / carmilla book / carmilla annotated / carmilla a critical edition / carmilla by joseph sheridan le fanu / carmilla comic / carmilla ebook / carmilla graphic novel / carmilla in books / carmilla joseph sheridan le fanu / carmilla kindle

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