The Vision of Tom Chuff

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

This early work by Sheridan Le Fanu was originally published in 1870. Born in Dublin in 1814, he came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his greatuncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights,

Genres: Short Stories, Horror

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 24, 1870

About the author

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M.R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

Reviews

[Lolo-lín · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estaba avisado y sin embargo lo ignoró sellando así lo que estaba escrito. Buen relato.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25⭐

[Clive Barker Stan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Predictable (especially if you've read Le Fanu before) but still enjoyable

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 3 out of 5]

A formulaic run at a familiar Gothic subject. Still, what better writer to accomplish this than Le Fanu?

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

A prophetic dream warns the vile poacher Tom Chuff of his untimely demise. If he is unable to change his ways, he will stumble into an early grave, and stumble he does - quite literally falling into an open grave where he dies.

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unusual tale of the evil Tom Chuff who eventually pays for his ill deeds...