Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu
BornJoseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814-08-28)28 August 1814
Dublin, Ireland
Died7 February 1873(1873-02-07) (aged 58)
Dublin, Ireland
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
GenreGothic horror, mystery
Literary movementDark romanticism
SpouseSusanna Bennett
ChildrenEleanor, Emma, Thomas, George

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (/ˈlɛfən.j/;[1][2] 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.[3] M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".[4] Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.

  1. ^ Roach & Hartman, eds. (1997). English Pronouncing Dictionary, 15th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 289.
  2. ^ Wells, J. C. (1990). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. London: Longman. p. 405.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Jack, "Le Fanu, Sheridan". In Sullivan, ed., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking. pp. 257–62. ISBN 0-670-80902-0
  4. ^ Briggs, Julia (1986). "James, M(ontague) R(hodes)". In Sullivan, Jack, ed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking. pp. 233–35. ISBN 0-670-80902-0

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