Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-08-28)28 August 1814 Dublin, Ireland
Died
7 February 1873(1873-02-07) (aged 58) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation
Novelist
Language
English
Genre
Gothic horror, mystery
Literary movement
Dark romanticism
Spouse
Susanna Bennett
Children
Eleanor, Emma, Thomas, George
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (/ˈlɛfən.juː/;[1][2] 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.[3] M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".[4] Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.
^Roach & Hartman, eds. (1997). English Pronouncing Dictionary, 15th edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 289.
^Wells, J. C. (1990). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. London: Longman. p. 405.
^Sullivan, Jack, "Le Fanu, Sheridan". In Sullivan, ed., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking. pp. 257–62. ISBN 0-670-80902-0
^Briggs, Julia (1986). "James, M(ontague) R(hodes)". In Sullivan, Jack, ed. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking. pp. 233–35. ISBN 0-670-80902-0
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