Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu has written at least 22 books. Their most popular book is Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu with 2 saves with an average rating of -⭐.

Author Bio

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873), best known as Sheridan Le Fanu, was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are *Uncle Silas*, *Carmilla*, and *The House by the Churchyard*.

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