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2) Checkmate
Checkmate / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"Walter Longcluse is clever, cunning and rich. Having insinuated himself into the affections of the Arden family, he becomes devoted to the beautiful young Alice, although she cannot bring herself to like this strange and mysterious friend of her brother's. Then Longcluse visits a gambling club with Alice's brother, Richard, and finds himself confronting the indiscreet Monsieur Lebas, with
...3) Spalatro
Spalatro / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"An early vampire tale (written fifty years before Dracula) that was originally published in Dublin University Magazine in 1843 as a novella.
The story has a Gothic Italian setting, featuring a criminal, Spalatro, confessing his sins to a monk. His story is quite unsettling and speaks of demons walking among us...
This is a wonderful, well-written and vigorous ghost story. A must-read
5) Carmilla
An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"The story is told in the first person by a man who has been advised by his doctor to take up residence by the sea. He and his wife are pretty close to invalids. They take their retinue of six servants and their children to their new house. The fun of this story is in the slow suspense Daddy builds up so skillfully and the very matter- of- fact way the story is told. The
...The Purcell Papers / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh',
...The Child that went with the Fairies / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Eastward of the old city of Limerick, about ten Irish miles under the range of mountains known as the Slieveelim hills, famous as having afforded Sarsfield a shelter among their rocks and hollows, when he crossed them in his gallant descent upon the cannon and ammunition of King William, on its way to the beleaguering army, there runs a very old and narrow road. It connects
...An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"The story is told in the first person by a man who has been advised by his doctor to take up residence by the sea. He and his wife are pretty close to invalids. They take their retinue of six servants and their children to their new house. The fun of this story is in the slow suspense Daddy builds up so skillfully and the very matter- of- fact way the story is told. The
...The Child that went with the Fairies / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Eastward of the old city of Limerick, about ten Irish miles under the range of mountains known as the Slieveelim hills, famous as having afforded Sarsfield a shelter among their rocks and hollows, when he crossed them in his gallant descent upon the cannon and ammunition of King William, on its way to the beleaguering army, there runs a very old and narrow road. It connects
...The Purcell Papers / J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh',
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