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The Da Vinci Code features a nasty monk called "Silas" -- which one of these 19th-century writers did not publish a novel with the name "Silas" in the title?
a. Honoré de Balzac
b. George Eliot
c. William Dean Howells
d. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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born

August 28, 1814

died

February 07, 1873

gender

male

place of birth

Dublin, Ireland, The United Kingdom

genre

Literature & Fiction, Horror, Short Stories

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era.

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avg rating: 3.86 | 1,477 ratings | 183 reviews | 102 distinct works | 12 fans

	Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.88 — 427 ratings — published 1872 33 editions	my rating:
	In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.94 — 120 ratings — published 1977 17 editions	my rating:
	Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.90 — 113 ratings — published 1864 34 editions	my rating:
	Best Ghost Stories of J. S. LeFanu by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.98 — 51 ratings — published 1964 2 editions	my rating:
	Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.96 — 28 ratings — published 1993 3 editions	my rating:
	Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.77 — 22 ratings — published 1994 3 editions	my rating:
	Carmilla and 12 Other Classic Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 1996	my rating:
	The Wyvern Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu avg rating 2.79 — 14 ratings — published 1977 5 editions	my rating:
	Mr Justice Harbottle and Other Ghost Stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Jim Rockhill (Editorial Material) avg rating 4.71 — 7 ratings — published 2005	my rating:
	Schalken the Painter and Others: Ghost Stories 1838-61 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Jim Rockhill (Editorial Material) avg rating 4.71 — 7 ratings — published 2002	my rating:

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quotes by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"Women are so enigmatical – some in everything – all in matters of the heart. Don't they sometimes actually admire what is repulsive?... "
— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Wylder's Hand)

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