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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... Read Full Overview

Included in this volume of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's marvellous ghost stories are: "Madam Crowl's Ghost"; "Squire Toby's Will"; "Dickon the Devil"; "The Child That Went with the Fairies"; "The White Cat of Drumgunniol"; "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances... Read Full Overview

Madam Crowl's Ghost is a collection of twelve of the finest stories by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, an acknowledged master of psychological suspense. The author's pedigree in this genre is undoubted; his novel Carmella was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, and he is widely... Read Full Overview

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best known... Read Full Overview

"J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 'Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories' is a chilling collection of horror tales that will send shivers down your spine. With his signature blend of suspense, mystery, and the supernatural, Le Fanu weaves tales that will keep you on the edge of your seat... Read Full Overview