Sheridan Le Fanu
Author · 1814–1873

Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814–1873). Born in Dublin.

Our catalogue lists 8 books by Sheridan Le Fanu, mostly gothic fiction, horror and ghost story. They span 1863 to 1995. The most-read is Carmilla (1871). 4 titles are free to read on Project Gutenberg, and 4 have free LibriVox audiobooks.

Books by Sheridan Le Fanu

Biography

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*. **Source**: [Sheridan Le Fanu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheridan_Le_Fanu) on Wikipedia.

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