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  <title><![CDATA[In a Glass Darkly (Oxford World's Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>This remarkable collection of stories, first published in 1872, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in the Dragon Volant, and Carmilla. The five stories are purported to be cases by Dr. Hesselius, a 'metaphysical' doctor, who is willing to consider the ghosts both&lt;br&gt;as real and as hallucinatory obsessions.  The reader's doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience.  This new annotated edition includes an introduction, notes on the text, and explanatory notes.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1977</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful, well-made example of Victorian Gothic horror. Sheridan le Fanu' s stories range between the fearfully haunting and the hauntingly sensuous—particularly the sapphic vampire tale &quot;Carmilla&quot;—and are all slow-burning. My only complaint, which is really no fault of the author, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16683789">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The five stories in this collection by the Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu are all presented as case histories of Dr. Martin Hesselius (His conclusions are somewhat bizarre, especially in the case of Green Tea).The first story Green Tea is a chilling tale of a good man being terrorized by a hor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12134722">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 11:30:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 11:30:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[five stars for carmilla, they rest are not so great]]></body>
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    <review id="46064199">
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 13:45:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone should have to read this]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 23 13:35:22 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 28 01:00:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book influenced Bram Stoker in writing &quot;Dracula&quot;. Le Fanu is one of the greatest classic horror writers of all time. Even though this is classified as horror, I didn't find it particularly scary. It's creepy in an intriguing way. The thing I most enjoyed about it was the incredible wr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9460118">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was ok but not as good as Uncle Silas, i got a bit bored with this half way through to be honest and nearly gave up. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57130155]]></url>
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    <review id="17922314">
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 17 05:14:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 17 05:19:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great Gothic Collection of short stories. Rich language and creepy plots.]]></body>
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    <review id="34425053">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 20 05:25:28 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ reading this as 'light relief' from 'the book thief']]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[certainly a beast..the original vampire story-writer]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderfully creepy ... especially Green Tea.  ]]></body>
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