The Wyvern Mystery is a 19th century gothic mystery. The story is about a young orphaned girl named Alice Maybell, her haunted past and the present dark atmosphere that makes a chilling and suspenseful tale. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic...
Le Fanu] succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer. -- M. R. James.
A beautiful heroine marries the heir to a local estate -- but what sounds like a happy ending is just the beginning of a chilling and suspenseful thriller. Set in rural England...