A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Quotes

“what storm-benighted traveller, when fierce winds and rains are lashing around his lodging, can withstand the cheering influences of a glorious log-fire?”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“Berthe was wonderfully well educated for a Frenchwoman of that period, and surprisingly handsome for a Frenchwoman of any.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“the strong opinions I entertained against the marriage of first cousins,”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“the wicked woman’s son was evidently making love to the girl. Both were standing by the old window-seat,”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“D’Avray, her father, and I had met before in Algeria. He was dying now. He left the child on his death-bed to me.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“The gloom was increased by several grand old trees”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“The Squire came to the side of the bed, and put his arms under Dickon, and lifted the boy—in a dead sleep all the time—and carried him out so, at the door.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales

“piece of Turkey carpet”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales