Collected Works of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

J. S. Le Fanu’s Ghostly Tales Volume 1 4 &5 Madam Crowl’s Ghost and the Dead Sexton Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle and Two Ghostly Mysteries

Genres: Classics, Horror, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Gothic Horror, Collections

420 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1977

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

[Tom Lee]

I guess I'll swap this between "reading" and "read" once a year? idk. 2021: warming up to the idea that Sheridan's the OG and MR James only has one move. We'll see.

[Stacey · Rating 1 out of 5]

I started reading this because I read an article describing this author as an excellent writer of very early horror stories. I have been reading it for close to a month, have only completed 3% of his complete works and have not even finished the first novel A Lost Name. I am sorry, but I keep waiting for it to get exciting or interesting, but I am now done. I will read something that I can get into. The writing is good I guess if you are into really old fashion sounding books.

[A.R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unfortunately, the only stories I love by Le Fanu are "Green Tea" and "Carmilla." "Dickon the Devil" was okay, but the others put me to sleep. His descriptions are too long-winded.

[Bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read:

An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street. Dec. 22. - 3/5
Carmilla - 3/5
Green Tea. May 2022. - 3/5
Squire Toby's Will - 2/5
The Familiar. Oct 22. - 3/5.