Books by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Uncle Silas (Penguin Classics)

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel

In Uncle Silas, Maud Ruthyn, the young, naïve heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear.

With its subversion of reality and illusion, and its exploration of fear through the use of mystery and the supernatural, Uncle Silasshuns the conventions of traditional horror and delivers a chilling psychological thriller.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Gothic Horror Short Stories (Arcturus Classic Mysteries and Marvels, 3)

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edward Frederic Benson

This handsome foil accented hardcover brings together 23 chilling tales by landmark gothic writers, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Walter Scott and many more.

Gothic fiction emerged in the 18th century, recognized for its bleak and sinister landscapes which housed unnatural forces of evil. Often controversial in their time, these stories pushed the boundaries of what was possible in fiction and evoked unsettling emotions as they told their tales of mysterious places, lost secrets, and sudden, shocking violence.

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.

Includes:
• The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Yellow Wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley
• The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott

This wonderful collectible edition with striking red and silver foil accents is sure to terrify and entertain in equal measure.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Mysteries and Marvels series brings together thrilling short stories from classic fiction, including spine-chilling ghost stories, gripping detective fiction and cosmic horror. These hardback anthologies with foil accented cover designs make wonderful gifts for any classic lover.

Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales of the Supernatural (Arcturus Gilded Classics)

by Edith Wharton, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, William Hope Hodgson, Montague Rhodes James

This luxurious hardback anthology brings together 15 classic ghost stories by some of the genre's most acclaimed writers, presented in a beautiful gift edition with gilded page edges.

This ghoulish collection is a perfect companion for lovers of the paranormal, featuring classic tales from Golden Age of the ghost story. Inside you will find haunted mansions, dark crypts, vengeful curses, silent specters and other supernatural delights of the genre, artfully conjured by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James.

Stories include:
• 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe
• 'The Wailing Well' by M. R. James
• 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy
• 'Afterward' by Edith Wharton
• 'A Ghost' by Guy de Maupassant
• 'An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street' by Sheridan Le Fanu

This beautiful collection is presented with silver gilded page edges, ivory paper and wonderfully gothic endpaper illustrations, making it a wonderful gift for any horror lover.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, beautifully designed end-papers and gilded page edges. These make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.

Carmilla

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"To this hour the image of Carmilla returns to my memory with ambiguous alternations--sometimes the playful, languid, beautiful girl; sometimes the writhing fiend I saw in the ruined church. Sometimes, I start from a reverie, certain I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing-room door."

Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship--until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla's actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's compelling tale of a young woman's seduction by a female vampire was a source of influence for Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it predates by over a quarter century. Carmilla was originally serialized from 1871 to 1872 and went on to inspire adaptations in film, opera, and beyond, including the cult classic web series by the same name.

Carmilla: An Illuminated Edition

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

A new art book edition of the original vampire novel. The book that inspired Stoker's DRACULA and pioneered depictions of queer longing in contemporary fiction, now elaborately illustrated and presented as a breathtaking slipcase-housed coffee table book.

The award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist Rosemary Valero O'Connell (LAURA DEAN KEEPS BREAKING UP WITH ME) brings a tender and menacing touch toa classic 19th century gothic horror novel suffused with unfulfilled romantic yearning between two young women. This sleek and hypnotic new edition features a captivating suite of full-page and spot illustrations, as well as an original introduction from the renowned author of dark fictions Poppy Z. Brite.

A stunning new entry in Beehive Books award-winning Illuminated Editions series, this oversized volume is housed in a foiled, die-cut, sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in a 9" x 12" trim format.

Gothic Horror Stories Frightful Tales of the Supernatural

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

This chilling collection brings together 15 classic tales by landmark gothic writers, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, presented in a luxury hardback edition with striking sprayed edge designs.

Gothic fiction emerged in the 18th century, recognized for its bleak and sinister landscapes which housed unnatural forces of evil. Often controversial in their time, these stories pushed the boundaries of what was possible in fiction and evoked unsettling emotions as they told their tales of mysterious places, lost secrets, and sudden, shocking violence.

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.

Includes:
- The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Red Room by H.G. Wells
- Oglala by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Dream by Mary Shelley
- A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family by Sheridan Le Fanu

Presented in a striking gift edition with a silver-embossed cover design, sprayed edges, ivory paper and beautiful endpaper designs, this anthology makes a wonderful treasury for lovers of gothic horror.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, striking page edges and beautiful endpaper designs . These make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.

Uncle Silas

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Sheridan Le Fanu

'The old woman opened the door, and the next moment I was in the presence of Uncle Silas.'

In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the claustrophobic Bartram-Haugh house with her mysterious Uncle Silas. Silas has a reputation for gambling debts and past accusations of murder, but now lives as a reformed Christian. Sinister schemes and preternatural events unfold as Silas, his son, and a malevolent governess plot against Maud and her fortune.

Uncle Silas has been hailed by contemporaries and modern critics alike as one of the finest works of sensation fiction. With elements of tragic romance, horror, and psychological thriller, Uncle Silas shows Le Fanu at the height of his powers.

With an introduction from Claire Connolly, this edition places the novel in its broadest context and unpicks the layers of Celtic, Christian, and mystic influence behind Le Fanu's best known work.

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