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Wylder's Hand This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting:... Read Full Overview

Wylder's Hand is a novel from Gothic and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. "There was a little fair-haired child playing on the ground before the steps as I whirled by. The old rector had long passed away; the shorts, gaiters, and smile -- a phantom; and nature, who had gathered... Read Full Overview

Wylder's Hand is one of the most popular novel written by Irish author J. Sheridan Le Fanu, published in three volumes in 1864. It's full of mystery and suspense, depicting Victorian era. Story is all about two ancient family groups the Brandons and the Wylders engaged in their... Read Full Overview

It was late in the autumn, and I was skimming along, through a rich English county, in a postchaise, among tall hedgerows gilded, like all the landscape, with the slanting beams of sunset. The road makes a long and easy descent into the little town of Gylingden, and down this... Read Full Overview

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Wylder's Hand is a gothic novel written by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It tells the story of a young woman named Alice Maybell who is engaged to be married to a man named Charles Wylder. However, when Charles goes missing, Alice sets out to find him and uncovers a dark secret about... Read Full Overview

The pretty mill-road, running up through Redman's Dell, dank and dark with tall romantic trees, was left behind in another moment; and we were now traversing the homely and antique street of the little town, with its queer shops and solid steep-roofed residences... Read Full Overview

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Wylder's Hand is a narrative of hauntings. As in so many of Le Fanu's works, the ghostly, the spectral, whether actual or metaphorical, figure in large measure. There is also the overriding idea of Divine Providence, from which all Fate is determined. Like the figure of God,... Read Full Overview

"Wylder's Hand" from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873).

The Wylders and the Brandons share a history of intermarriage, bitter rivalry, villainy, and madness. The wedding of Mark Wylder to his rich and beautiful cousin, Dorcas Brandon, was to inaugurate a harmonious new era at Brandon Hall--but as the ceremony draws near.