Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), best known as Sheridan Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. 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". Three of his best-known works are *Uncle Silas*, *Carmilla*, and *The House by the Churchyard*. **Source**: [Sheridan Le Fanu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Le_Fanu) on Wikipedia.

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The Watcher and Other Weird Stories with Original Foreword by Sam Knight (Annotated)
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The fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien
Representative edition published 2023
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Carmilla
Representative edition published 2023
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Tenants of Malory
Representative edition published 2023
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Mysterious and Horrific Stories
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El tío Silas
Representative edition published 2022
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Los archivos del doctor Hesselius
Representative edition published 2022
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公鸡与锚
Representative edition published 2021
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The Tenants of Malory, Vol. I
Representative edition published 2021
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Tales of the Dark Forrest 48, 53, 69, 70
Representative edition published 2020
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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories. Volume 4
Representative edition published 2019
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Los mejores cuentos góticos
Representative edition published 2019
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Shamus O'Brien
Representative edition published 2018
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The Mysterious Lodger
Representative edition published 2018
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In a Glass Darkly; Volume 3
Representative edition published 2018
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Kara Kedi
Representative edition published 2018
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Haunted Lives
Representative edition published 2018
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A Lost name
Representative edition published 2018
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Ghost stories and tales of mystery
Representative edition published 2018
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The Watcher and Other Weird Stories
Representative edition published 2018
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Guy Deverell
Representative edition published 2018
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Historias de Horror / Horror Stories
Representative edition published 2018
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El pacto de Sir Dominick
Representative edition published 2018
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Historias de fantasmas
Representative edition published 2017
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