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While on holiday in France, a young Englishman becomes obsessed with aiding a young countess to escape from her jealous, elderly husband. Ingenious and entertaining, Le Fanu combines Gothic horror with Victorian style in his elegant tale of passion, intrigue, and murder.

Green Tea is the story of the Reverend Jennings, who consumes copious amounts of green tea while pursuing his esoteric interests late at night. When something goes wrong, he approaches Doctor Hesselius, who sets out the narrative in the form of a series of letters to another physician. He discusses the symptoms of the clergyman’s mysterious affliction, which torments him and interferes with his services. The illness appears to be mental rather than physical.

"Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is organising the papers of his deceased mentor, the famous German physician Dr. Martin Hesselius. In doing so, he stumbles upon a strange case, dating back sixty-four years. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer, known for his ghost and paranormal stories. He studied law at Trinity College in Dublin.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form... As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves.

The four stories in this compilation, not by James, are meant to serve as prime illustrations of the best work of a few of his contemporaries and immediate antecedents.

Laura es una joven que vive con su padre en un antiguo castillo en las tierras de Estiria, en Austria. Un día, su vida cambia cuando la carreta en la que viajan dos mujeres nobles se voltea frente al castillo. En ella van Carmilla y su madre, quien le pide al padre de Laura que hospede a su hija durante pocos meses porque debe seguir con su viaje urgentemente.

The Victorian-era writers featured in this collection are known for their power of invention and command of horror and the supernatural. Included are "A Watcher by the Dead" by Ambrose Bierce; "The Body Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Adventure of the German Student" by Washington Irving; "Dickon the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu; "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe; and "The Open Watcher" by Saki.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu nació en Dublin el 28 de agosto de 1814. Sheridan Le Fanu nació en el seno de una familia acomodada.

Carmilla, published in 1872, was one of the first vampire novels and is certainly among the most sensuous with its strong lesbian overtones. It is a classic Gothic novella set deep in the enchanted forests of Styria, a land still haunted by superstition and of course vampires. Carmilla predates fellow Irishman Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years, and listening to both, you will see the influence of Carmilla on Dracula.

Award-winning narrator Alison Larkin gives thrilling voice to the elements of lesbian attraction and forbidden and dangerous desires in the story of Carmilla, the Gothic female vampire tale that inspired its more famous masculine counterpart Dracula.

narra la experiencia de una joven enviada a trabajar a la opresiva Applewale House, donde sirve a la anciana y misteriosa señora Crowl. La protagonista descubre secretos oscuros, una atmósfera siniestra y una figura fantasmagórica que se revela como una "cadáver viviente" que guarda la verdad sobre un asesinato y un secreto familiar.

La mano fantasma, publicado originalmente en 1861 y reeditado como "Verdadera relación del fantasma de una mano", explora el lado más siniestro y psicológico del autor, centrándose en percepciones y estados mentales horrendos más que en fantasmas convencionales.

Un viajero en las ruinas de la mansión Dunoran escucha la historia de Sir Dominick, quien hizo un pacto con una entidad del bosque de Murroa a cambio de riqueza inmediata. Al acercarse el plazo para pagar su deuda, Sir Dominick busca la ayuda del obispo, quien le ofrece una estrategia para evitar su destino.

Es un relato sobre el pintor Godfrey Schalken, quien se enamora de Rose, la pupila de su maestro Gerard Douw. Un misterioso personaje, Meinheer Vader Hausen, aparece y propone a Douw un trato lucrativo para casarse con Rose, lo que lleva a un matrimonio forzado que desata una serie de eventos sobrenaturales y trágicos.

Publicado originalmente en 1851, este relato de fantasmas trata sobre eventos sobrenaturales ocurridos en esa calle Aungier.

Step into a world where romance intertwines with gothic intrigue and enigmatic mysteries. When young Alice Maybells father passes away, she finds herself under the care of the enigmatic Squire Fairfield, a widower with two dashing sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice blossoms into a captivating young woman, she becomes the object of affection for several suitors, not all of whom are welcome. She marries the man of her dreams, seeking an escape from her troubled past, but her newfound happiness is quickly overshadowed by dark secrets lurking within her husbands family. What hidden truths lie in ...

Dive into the captivating world of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a master storyteller of the nineteenth century. This collection brings to light a selection of his forgotten works alongside tales that may be unfamiliar to many. Renowned for his exceptional ability to craft ghost stories, Le Fanu skillfully sets the scene and weaves effective details that draw readers into the eerie atmosphere he creates. To entice you further, the most striking and sensational tales are presented at the forefront of this volume. As Le Fanu evolved as a writer, his stories grew in depth and sophistication, making ...

Step into the eerie world of J. Sheridan LeFanus Gothic mystery novel, narrated by the young Englishman Richard Beckett, who finds himself captivated by a beautiful yet enigmatic Countess shrouded in a black veil. In a desperate bid to be close to her, he secures a room at the haunted Dragon Volant inn, a place steeped in chilling legends of mysterious disappearances. Will Richard uncover the secrets that lie within its walls, or will he become another lost soul? (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by over twenty years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe Check out our ad free subscription: adfreesounds.com The best audiobooks - Our collection includes memoirs, fiction, non fiction, and more!www.solgoodmedia.com/...

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots. Between 1838 and 1840 Le Fanu had written and published twelve stories which purported to be the literary remains of an 18th-century Catholic priest called Father Purcell. Set mostly in Ireland they include classic stories of gothic horror, with grim, shadowed castles, as well as supernatural visitations from beyond the grave, together with madness and suicide.