About the Author

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best-known novels are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

Reviews

‘Le Fanu stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories. That is my deliberate verdict.’ M.R. James ‘There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight.’ Henry James