Joseph sheridan le fanu biography
Joseph sheridan le fanu biography
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish Gothic and mystery writer (1814–1873)
Sheridan Le Fanu | |
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| Born | Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-08-28)28 August 1814 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 7 February 1873(1873-02-07) (aged 58) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Gothic horror, mystery |
| Literary movement | Dark romanticism |
| Spouse | Susanna Bennett |
| Children | Eleanor, Emma, Thomas, George |
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (;[1][2] 28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction.
He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.[3]M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".[4] Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.