Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
Autor(a) de Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale
About the Author
The greatest author of supernatural fiction during the nineteenth century was undoubtedly J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Le Fanu was born in Dublin and, as with so many other English popular fiction authors of his time, entered the genre of fiction by way of journalism, working on such publications as the mostrar mais Evening Mail and the Dublin University Magazine. Le Fanu came from a middle-class background; his family was of Huguenot descent. He graduated from Trinity College and married in 1844. After his wife died in 1858, until his own death, Le Fanu was known as a recluse, creating his ghost fiction late at night in bed. Probably he began writing ghost fiction in 1838; his earliest supernatural story is often cited as being either "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" or the "Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," both of which were later collected in the anthology entitled The Purcell Papers (1880). Writing most effectively in the short story form, Le Fanu's tales such as "Carmilla" (a vampire story that is thought possibly to have influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula) and the problematic "Green Tea" are considered by many literary scholars to be classics of the supernatural genre. His lengthy Gothic novels, such as Uncle Silas (1864), though less highly regarded than his shorter fiction, are nonetheless wonderfully atmospheric. Le Fanu's particular brand of literary horror tends toward the refined, subtle fright rather than the graphic sensationalism of Matthew Gregory Lewis. His work influenced other prominent horror fiction authors, including M. R. James. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Sheridan Le Fanu
Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre (New Riverside Editions) (1993) 103 exemplares
The Forgotten Classics of Mystery Volume III - Sheridan le Fanu: The Diabolical Genius: Uncle Silas; The Inn of the… (1959) 14 exemplares
Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin (2006) 12 exemplares
El fantasma y el ensalmador = The ghost and ten bone setter / el sueño del bebedor = The drunkard's dream (1999) 9 exemplares
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 1-Including Two Novels, 'The Haunted… (2010) 9 exemplares
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan le Fanu: Volume 2-Including One Novel, 'Uncle… (2010) 6 exemplares
Illustrated JS Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries by a Master Victorian Storyteller (1988) 6 exemplares
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 3-Including One Novel 'The House by the… (2010) 6 exemplares
Bibliotheca Dracula. 9 Romane in 3 Bänden: Frankenstein - Dracula - Im Haus des Grafen Dracula - Melmoth - Der… (1978) 5 exemplares
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 5-Including One Novel, 'The Rose and… (2010) 5 exemplares
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Volume 4-Including One Novel, 'The Wyvern Mystery,… (2010) 4 exemplares
Carmilla. Based on the Story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers)) (2011) 4 exemplares
The ballads and poems of J. Sheridan Le Fanu 4 exemplares
The Complete Ghost Stories of Chapelizod 4 exemplares
Carmilla. A Vampira de Karnstein - Colecao Classicos da Literatura Universal (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2018) 4 exemplares
Különös históriák 4 exemplares
My Aunt Margaret's Adventure 4 exemplares
Carmilla - Il club dei mestieri bizzarri 3 exemplares
Sir Dominick's Bargain 3 exemplares
Groene thee en andere griezelverhalen 3 exemplares
Squire Toby's Will 3 exemplares
The Best Victorian Ghost Stories: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror, and Hauntings (Oldstyle… (2014) 3 exemplares
A Little Fuchsia Book of Fears 2 exemplares
Carmilla: WITH Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess AND Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter (1872) 2 exemplares
Les créatures du miroir 2 exemplares
Carmilla, Green Tea, and Other Horrors: The Best Ghost Stories and Weird Fiction of J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Oldstyle Tales… (2016) 2 exemplares
70 SUPERNATURAL TALES OF GOTHIC HORROR: Uncle Silas, Carmilla, In a Glass Darkly, Madam Crowl's Ghost, The House by the… (2017) 2 exemplares
Dom przy cmentarzu 2 exemplares
Carmilla y otros relatos de terror (Selección clásicos universales) (Spanish Edition) (2017) 2 exemplares
The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh 2 exemplares
LibriVox Ghost Story Collection 001 2 exemplares
Carmilla, la posada del dragon volador 2 exemplares
Carmilla And Other Gothic Tales By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu | Illustrated | Oversized Edition 2 exemplares
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 013 2 exemplares
In einem dunklen Spiegel 1 exemplar
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 064 1 exemplar
Osobliwe zdarzenia. Zbiór opowiadań 1 exemplar
Laura Silver Bell 1 exemplar
Carmilla [Audible Dramatization[ 1 exemplar
Dublin University magazine 1 exemplar
The ghost and the bone-setter El fantasma y el ensalmador ; The drunkard's dream = El sueño del bebedor :… (2007) 1 exemplar
Guy Deverell v1 1 exemplar
Dom przy cmentarzu Tom II 1 exemplar
Dom przy cmentarzu, T.I 1 exemplar
Tè verde. Tre racconti 1 exemplar
Schalken il pittore 1 exemplar
Guy Deverell v2 1 exemplar
Cuentos de fantasmas 1 exemplar
Nun vidro misterioso, vol. 2: O familiar, O xuíz Harbotte e Carmilla, unha historia de vampiros (2009) 1 exemplar
Storie di fantasmi mozzafiato 1 exemplar
Les créatures du miroir 1 exemplar
Carmilla & O Juiz Harbottle 1 exemplar
The White Cat of Drumgunniol [short story] 1 exemplar
Carmilla : The Recording Script 1 exemplar
O Vampiro de Karnstein 1 exemplar
El tio Silas 1 exemplar
Mr. Justice Harbottle 1 exemplar
The Haunted Baronet and Others 1 exemplar
O Vampiro de Karnstein e outras histórias 1 exemplar
The Prelude 1 exemplar
El tío Silas 1 exemplar
L'inseguitore 1 exemplar
Die ermordete Cousine (Schlaflosreihe) 1 exemplar
Carmilla's Lament: A Vampire Tale 1 exemplar
Horror 1. : 16 racconti dell'orrore 1 exemplar
Ghostly Shorts: 5 Ghostly Short Stories 1 exemplar
Un oscuro scrutare 1 exemplar
Night at the Dragon Inn 1 exemplar
Carmen: A Vampire's Innocent Seduction 1 exemplar
The Vampire Collection 1 exemplar
Carmilla - A Vampira de Karnstein 1 exemplar
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 1 exemplar
Mr Justice Harbottle 1 exemplar
Carmilla And The Haunted Baronet 1 exemplar
Guy Deverell Volume III 1 exemplar
世界恐怖小說選 卷一: 怪誕懸疑的世界恐怖經典 1 exemplar
Classic Ghost Stories, Volume 3 (Unabridged) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contribuidor — 521 exemplares
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contribuidor — 448 exemplares
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (1997) — Contribuidor, algumas edições; Contribuidor — 419 exemplares
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology (1991) — Contribuidor — 172 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Contribuidor — 145 exemplares
A Clutch of Vampires: These Being Among the Best from History and Literature (1929) — Contribuidor — 100 exemplares
The Book of Irish Weirdness: A Treasury of Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Spooky and Strange (1994) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Contribuidor — 81 exemplares
Chamber of Horrors: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (1984) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All (2014) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
The Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural (1986) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Contribuidor; Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
Voices from the Vaults: Authentic Tales of Vampires and Ghosts (1987) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing (2017) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars, and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries (1974) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Children of the Night: Stories of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves, and Lost Children (The Children of the Night) (1999) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Great Classic Hauntings: Six Unabridged Stories (Audio Editions Mystery Masters) (2000) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 11 exemplares
Masters of Shades and Shadows: An Anthology of Great Ghost Stories (1978) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love: 45 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird: 48 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Weird Tales Volume 22 Number 1, July 1933 — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Reading & Training : Stories of ghosts and mystery [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 2 exemplares
LibriVox Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Supernatural Tales 1: The Haunted Ships (Allan Cunningham); Green Tea (Sheridan Le Fanu), Mrs Veal (Daniel Defoe) (1974) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Vampire und Untote. Eine Anthologie von Vampir-Geschichten — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Fantastyczne Opowieści — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan
- Outros nomes
- Le Fanu, J. S.
- Data de nascimento
- 1814-08-28
- Data de falecimento
- 1873-02-07
- Localização do túmulo
- Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- Ireland
- Local de nascimento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Local de falecimento
- Dublin, Ireland
- Causa da morte
- heart attack
- Locais de residência
- Dublin, Ireland
- Educação
- Trinity College, Dublin (law)
- Ocupações
- short-story writer
novelist
lawyer
journalist - Relações
- Broughton, Rhoda (niece)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (great-uncle)
Sheridan, Frances (great-grandmother)
Lefanu, Alicia Sheridan (grandmother)
Sheridan, Betsy (great-aunt)
Norton, Caroline (second cousin) (mostrar todos 7)
Blackwood, Helen Selina Sheridan (second cousin) - Organizações
- Irish Bar (1839)
Membros
Discussions
THE DEEP ONES: "Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu em The Weird Tradition (Abril 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Child That Went with the Fairies" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu em The Weird Tradition (Janeiro 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "Green Tea" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu em The Weird Tradition (Março 2022)
Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla em Gothic Literature (Fevereiro 2019)
Reading Group #6: 'Green Tea' em Gothic Literature (Dezembro 2018)
THE DEEP ONES: "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu em The Weird Tradition (Junho 2017)
Críticas
sometimes a man will write what he thinks is a horror story and end up perfectly describing the average lesbian situationship
It was nice to read one of the predecessors of Bram Stokers [b:Dracula|17245]. Lovely old-fashioned, a light read, entertaining, and sometimes scary.
In contemporary terms, Le Fanu's writing would be "slow burn." He is wordy and the stories are a bit of a slog at times, especially since the horror elements tend to be more subtle and sinister. I imagine most people would pick this up to read Green Tea or Carmilla. Green Tea was interesting but took a few attempts, and Carmilla was interesting to read from the perspective of it being an early vampire story and how it might have influenced later works.
Good writing, but not a major "page turner" in my view.… (mais)
Good writing, but not a major "page turner" in my view.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 270
- Also by
- 179
- Membros
- 9,355
- Popularidade
- #2,576
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 291
- ISBN
- 957
- Línguas
- 19
- Marcado como favorito
- 42
It’s a cool little read if you’re into vampires, would definitely read more if they made some series about Carmila herself