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tone and effect rather than "shock horror" and liked to leave important details unexplained and mysterious. He avoided overt supernatural effects: in most of his major works, the supernatural is strongly implied but a "natural" explanation is also possible. The demonic monkey in "Green Tea" could be a delusion of the story's protagonist, who is the only person to see it; in "The
Familiar", Captain Barton's death seems to be supernatural but is not actually witnessed, and the ghostly owl may be a real bird. This technique influenced later horror artists, both in print and on film (see, for example, the film producer
329:(1831–36) affected the region. There were about six thousand Catholics in the parish of Abington and only a few dozen members of the Church of Ireland. (In bad weather the Dean cancelled Sunday services because so few parishioners would attend.) However, the government compelled all farmers, including Catholics, to pay tithes for the upkeep of the Protestant church. The following year the family moved back temporarily to Dublin, to Williamstown Avenue in the southern suburb of Blackrock, where Thomas was to work on a Government commission.
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this income began to fall, and it ceased entirely two years later. In 1838 the government instituted a scheme of paying rectors a fixed sum, but in the interim, the Dean had little besides rent on some small properties he had inherited. In 1833 Thomas had to borrow £100 from his cousin
Captain Dobbins (who himself ended up in the
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area of Dublin, Le Fanu signed a contract with
Richard Bentley, his London publisher, which specified that future novels be stories "of an English subject and of modern times", a step Bentley thought necessary for Le Fanu to satisfy the English audience. Le Fanu succeeded in this aim in 1864, with
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includes a repentant minor villain of the same name). More disturbing, however, is the hero
Spalatro's necrophiliac passion for an undead blood-drinking beauty, who seems to be a predecessor of Le Fanu's later female vampire Carmilla. Like Carmilla, this undead femme fatale is not portrayed in an
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beside her father and brothers. The anguish of Le Fanu's diaries suggests that he felt guilt as well as loss. From then on he did not write any fiction until the death of his mother in 1861. He turned to his cousin Lady
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a few years later) to visit his dying sister in Bath, who was also deeply in debt over her medical bills. At his death, Thomas had almost nothing to leave to his sons, and the family had to sell his library to pay off some of his debts. His widow went to stay with the younger son, William.
768:(1863), the last of Le Fanu's novels to be set in the past and, as mentioned above, the last with an Irish setting. It is noteworthy that here Le Fanu's historical style is blended with his later Gothic style, influenced by his reading of the classic writers of that genre, such as
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916:(1864), a macabre mystery novel and classic of gothic horror. It is a much-extended adaptation of his earlier short story "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess", with the setting changed from Ireland to England. A film version under the same name was made by
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His earliest twelve short stories, written between 1838 and 1840, purport to be the literary remains of an 18th-century
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Schalken' conforms more strictly to my own ideals. It is indeed one of the best of Le Fanu's good things." It was adapted and broadcast for television as
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950:"The Familiar", a slightly revised version of Le Fanu's 1847 tale "The Watcher". M. R. James considered this to be the best ghost story ever written.
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was a witness. The couple then travelled to his parents' home in Abington for Christmas. They took a house in Warrington Place near the
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entirely negative way and attempts, but fails, to save the hero Spalatro from the eternal damnation that seems to be his destiny.
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2107:(1995) is the first full bibliography. Crawford and Brian J. Showers's
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in 1847. His support cost him the nomination as Tory MP for
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590:"The Drunkard's Dream" (August 1838), a haunting vision of
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651:"Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow" (July 1839)
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Briggs, Julia (1986). "James, M(ontague) R(hodes)". In
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2023 to about £2,000 (which he failed to pay in full).
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2235:Sheridan Le Fanu secondary bibliography (archived)
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2119:edition of Le Fanu's short supernatural fiction (
2094:Vision and Vacancy: The Fictions of J. S. Le Fanu
1533:(1924). "Introduction". In Collins, V. H. (ed.).
605:"Strange Event in the Life of Schalken [
2298:Burials at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium
1496:. NY: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1962, p. 240
1171:"Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling", from the
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254:and Emma Lucretia Dobbin. Both his grandmother
2109:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: A Concise Bibliography
1549:. Ashcroft, B.C.: Ash-Tree Press. p. 488.
427:The house on Merrion Square where Le Fanu lived
1938:Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories
1810:(1871) Evans, Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia
1429:. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
1107:Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery
1143:"The Child That Went with the Fairies", from
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2034:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1920:. New York: Chelsea House, 1994. pp. 48–49.
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27:Irish Gothic and mystery writer (1814–1873)
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2090:Le Fanu's Gothic: The Rhetoric of Darkness
2088:(third edition, 1997) by W. J. McCormack,
447:until her death at the end of the decade.
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1341:, "Le Fanu, Sheridan". In Sullivan, ed.,
1064:Learn how and when to remove this message
928:as the title character, was made in 1989.
648:"Scraps of Hibernian Ballads" (June 1839)
286:would appear in Le Fanu's later stories.
1731:(1867) University of Adelaide, Australia
1164:"Ghost Stories of Chapelizod", from the
728:Le Fanu's first novels were historical,
602:"The Bridal of Carrigvarah" (April 1839)
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2151:Works by Sheridan Le Fanu in eBook form
2105:J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography
2072:(1978). Other books on Le Fanu include
2031:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1894:(16). University of New England: 97–106
1635:The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien
1464:https://www.youwho.ie/williamstown.html
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757:The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien
696:Spalatro: From the Notes of Fra Giacomo
2338:19th-century Irish short story writers
2028:McCormack, W. J. "Le Fanu, Sheridan".
2005:. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing.
1972:(1998). "Onions, (George) Oliver". In
1960:New York: Longman, 1998. ISBN (p. 31)
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2219:Internet Speculative Fiction Database
1912:E. F. Benson. "Sheridan Le Fanu". In
1150:"The White Cat of Drumgunniol", from
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1101:The Watcher and Other Weird Stories
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2179:Works by or about Sheridan Le Fanu
2074:Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others
1598:Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery
1295:Roach & Hartman, eds. (1997).
682:Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery
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1690:(1869) Chapman & Hall, London
1520:, Richard Bentley and Son, London
1263:(1939) was inspired by Le Fanu's
676:"The Quare Gander" (October 1840)
2348:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
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2169:Works by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2103:(2006). Gary William Crawford's
1796:(1889) Ward & Downey, London
1426:Dictionary of National Biography
1416:"Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan"
1376:. New York: Viking. pp. 233–35.
1347:. New York: Viking. pp. 257–62.
1315:Longman Pronunciation Dictionary
1192:"The Vision of Tom Chuff", from
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346:Sheridan Le Fanu studied law at
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2265:audiobook with video at YouTube
2240:A talk by M. R. James on LeFanu
2129:Mr Justice Harbottle and Others
2121:Schalken the Painter and Others
1782:(1895) Downey & Co., London
1413:Falkiner, Cæsar Litton (1892).
1397:William Richard Le Fanu (1893)
1178:"Sir Dominick's Bargain", from
920:in 1947, and a remake entitled
272:Royal Hibernian Military School
140:Eleanor, Emma, Thomas, George
2333:Irish male short story writers
2313:Irish people of French descent
2250:Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
2125:The Haunted Baronet and Others
1958:Popular Fiction: An Anthology.
1863:(1886) Richard Bentley, London
1638:(1847) James McGlashan, Dublin
1572:"Schalcken the Painter (1979)"
1297:English Pronouncing Dictionary
1277:List of horror fiction writers
1199:"Stories of Lough Guir", from
147:Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
54:Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
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2084:(1971) by Michael H. Begnal,
1874:Some Remarks on Ghost Stories
1006:Other short-story collections
772:. This novel, later cited by
637:for Christmas 1979, starring
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325:In 1832 the disorders of the
2358:19th-century Irish novelists
2271:The White Cat Of Drumgunniol
2263:The White Cat Of Drumgunniol
2048:UK public library membership
1936:David Stuart Davies (2007).
1483:McCormack 1997, pp. 125–128.
1120:"Madam Crowl's Ghost", from
985:(1960), and Danish director
581:of a castle in rural Ireland
556:and were later collected as
310:In 1826 the family moved to
262:were playwrights (his niece
242:, into a literary family of
2209:The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
2194:(public domain audiobooks)
1648:The House by the Churchyard
1400:Seventy Years of Irish Life
1299:, 15th edition. Cambridge:
1129:"Squire Toby's Will", from
1078:Chronicles of Golden Friars
765:The House by the Churchyard
461:The House by the Churchyard
296:The House by the Churchyard
223:The House by the Churchyard
220:, and the historical novel
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2388:Dublin Evening Mail people
2303:Writers from Dublin (city)
2092:(2004) by Victor Sage and
1940:. Ware: Wordsworth. p. x.
1834:, Chapman and Hall, London
1662:, Tinsley Brothers, London
1301:Cambridge University Press
1261:The Hand of Kornelius Voyt
1187:Dublin University Magazine
1185:"Ultor de Lacy", from the
1173:Dublin University Magazine
1166:Dublin University Magazine
1159:Dublin University Magazine
700:Dublin University Magazine
554:Dublin University Magazine
456:Dublin University Magazine
452:Dublin University Magazine
414:Dublin University Magazine
396:In 1847 Le Fanu supported
357:Dublin University Magazine
352:College Historical Society
2383:Writers of Gothic fiction
2188:Works by Sheridan Le Fanu
2160:Works by Sheridan Le Fanu
2080:(1951) by Nelson Browne,
2001:McCormack, W. J. (1997).
1755:, Richard Bentley, London
1676:(1865) Carleton, New York
1136:"Dickon the Devil", from
847:(1868), an adaptation of
577:and is set in the Gothic
260:Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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2096:(2007) by James Walton.
1886:Jøn, A. Asbjørn (2001).
1849:(1865) Tauchnitz, Berlin
1578:. British Film Institute
1140:, Christmas Number, 1872
2215:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2082:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
2076:(1931) by S. M. Ellis,
1610:McCormack 1997, p. 113.
1539:Oxford University Press
1474:McCormack 1997, p. 101.
1403:, Edward Arnold, London
256:Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu
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1980:. Detroit: St. James.
1918:Classic Horror Writers
1259:'s supernatural novel
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402:Thomas Francis Meagher
348:Trinity College Dublin
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278:, where his father, a
214:, the vampire novella
2343:Irish mystery writers
2323:Irish fantasy writers
1728:The Tenants of Malory
1494:The Surly Sullen Bell
1313:Wells, J. C. (1990).
1226:The Turn of the Screw
1093:"The Bird of Passage"
1090:"The Haunted Baronet"
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836:The Tenants of Malory
694:An anonymous novella
630:Schalcken the Painter
586:Protestant Ascendancy
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494:The Surly Sullen Bell
444:Mount Jerome Cemetery
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379:Court of King's Bench
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252:Thomas Philip Le Fanu
2378:Irish male novelists
2318:Irish horror writers
2258:Archival material at
1820:The Rose and the Key
1215:Legacy and influence
1038:improve this section
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