Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories

New collection of the master of early Victorian gothic, horror and ghost stories. Le Fanu's influence on a later generation of horror writers is clear, from vampire story 'Carmilla' informing fellow Irishman Bram Stoker's Dracula some 20 years later to the styling of many of M.R. James's finest work. A must-read selection of classic writing.

About the author

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic mystery tales, who was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Author of 'The House by the Churchyard' (1863) and 'Uncle Silas' (1864), it is Le Fanu’s 'Carmilla' that remains his best-known Gothic tale. The story of a female vampire’s advances towards a young girl greatly influenced Bram Stoker’s 'Dracula' (1897) as well as twentieth century films.Jarlath Killeen is a Professor of Victorian Literature at the school of English, Trinity College Dublin. He has written extensively on Irish Gothic fiction and has edited a collection of essays on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: 'Inspiring a Mysterious Terror'. 200 Years of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. He is co-editor of Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion.

Product details

• Authors: Sheridan Le Fanu, Sheridan Le Fanu
• Assisted by: Killeen Jarlath (Foreword)
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781835622544
• ISBN: 978-1-83562-254-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Gothic Fantasy
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Horror, Thriller / suspense fiction, Classic horror & ghost stories