Books written by Sheridan Le Fanu

Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

"But, Mrs. Barrows," remonstrated Willis, "why should I give up a seat to a lady when there were twenty other seats unoccupied on the same car?" "There is no reason in the world why you should," replied Mrs. Barrows ...
Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 10

—“I am sure I never saw such a toy-shop,” said Favoretta; “I expected the finest things that ever were seen, because it was such a new great shop, and here are nothing but vulgar-looking things — great carts and wheel-barrows, ...
3 books to know Occult Detective Fiction

Much as he should have liked to have them for neighbours, he thought that Saddler's Croft had too many unpleasant traditions connected with it. Besides, it had lain empty for three years, as the last occupants were spiritualists of some ...
7 best short stories - Occult Detective

Croft. E. and H. Heron Although Flaxman Low has devoted his life to the study of psychical phenomena, he has always been most earnest in warning persons who feel inclined to dabble in spiritualism, without any serious motive for doing ...
3 Books to Know: Ghost Stories

'Twas Sprowls and Mooney, as I said. Miss B'retta Sprowls it was in the theatres, but Missis Mooney she was. My house is well known for respectability. The marriage certificate hung, framed, on a nail over—" "What kind of a lady was ...
Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors.
Essential Novelists - Sheridan Le Fanu: the father of the English ghost story

Novels selected for this book: - Carmilla - Uncle Silas This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
3 books to know Ghost Stories

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Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

... Amelia B. Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Edward Bellamy, Arnold Bennett, S. Baring-Gould, Daniil Kharms, E.F. Benson, John Buchan, ... "Look at me carefully, Amos Todd," he said sternly, "and then ask yourself what my name is.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 10

Mr. Spencer, a very benevolent and sensible man, undertook the education of several poor children. Among the rest was a boy of the name of Franklin, whom he had bred up from the time he was five years old. Franklin had the misfortune to ...
Haunted Lives

Sheridan Le Fanu's classic novel 'Haunted Lives'.
The Haunted Baronet

Sheridan Le Fanu's classic horror novella.
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Horror 3: Volume 9

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors.
7 Best Short Stories: Ghost Stories

The critic Augst Nemo brings seven tales with tormented souls that will make you shiver: - An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House by Sheridan le Fanu - The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell - A Warning to the Curious by M. R. James ...
3 books to know Vampires

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7 best short stories - Vampire

The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Vampire. The vampire is now a fixture in popular fiction.
3 Books To Know Lesbian Literature

At the back of each frame was a neat little number corresponding to that in a locked leather notebook — it had long been his ... Else Weining, her name was — before the war she would come here with a girl she'd picked up here in Paris, ...
The Classic Gothic Horror Collection

This collection brings together the very best within the genre, featuring crumbling castles, chilling cathedrals, and haunted manors as their eerie settings. Supernatural terrors lurk around every corner.
Carmilla

He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best known works are Uncle Silas, "Carmilla" and The House by the Churchyard.
3 books to know Dublin

And it was traceable on for some twenty yards more faintly; then, again, very distinctly, where — a sort of ditch interposing — a jump had been made, and here it turned down towards the park wall and the Chapelizod road, still, however, ...