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"The Watcher and other weird stories" from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873).

Beautifully written, with a style reminiscent of James Hogg, these horror stories are captivating by their atmospheric and chilling tales in a pure Gothic tradition.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu... Read Full Overview

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This book is a collection of strange and unsettling short stories from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a pioneering writer of horror and mystery in the Victorian era.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of... Read Full Overview

This book is a collection of strange and unsettling short stories from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a pioneering writer of horror and mystery in the Victorian era.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of... Read Full Overview