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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a famous Irish writer best known for Gothic and mystery fiction. Le Fanu was the most prominent ghost-story writer in the 19th century.

The Room In The Dragon Volant is a gothic novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872. The story follows the adventures of a young man named Richard Beckett, who travels to France in the 1850s and becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and danger. Beckett is initially... Read Full Overview

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The curious case which I am about to place before you, is referred to, very pointedly, and more than once, in the extraordinary Essay upon the Drug of the Dark and the Middle Ages, from the pen of Doctor Hesselius. This Essay he entitles Mortis Imago, and he, therein, discusses... Read Full Overview

"The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a novella written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, an Irish writer known for his contributions to the Gothic and supernatural fiction genres. Originally serialized in 1872, this atmospheric tale is set in post-Napoleonic France and blends elements... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

The Room In The Dragon Volant is a gothic novel written by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. The story is set in France in the early 19th century and follows the adventures of a young Englishman named Richard Beckett. Beckett travels to France with the intention of experiencing the country's... Read Full Overview

J. Sheridan LeFanu -- Irish author of such classics as the short vampire novel Carmella (reputed to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula) and A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family (said to be the tale that gave rise to Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights -- lived... Read Full Overview