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LARGE PRINT EDITION. A nobleman strikes an agreement he will soon regret. A drunk man receives a startling vision of life after death. A struggling painter’s apprentice falls in love with his master’s niece, only to see her given in marriage to an older, wealthier man. Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a collection of Gothic tales by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Mysterious and Horrific Stories (2021) is a collection of Gothic tales by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Although he is more widely known today for his novella Carmilla (1872), which influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) and remains an important work of early vampire fiction, Le Fanu was also an influential figure in mid-nineteenth century Irish literature as a writer and editor for the Dublin University Magazine. Mysterious and Horrific Stories c...

A nobleman strikes an agreement he will soon regret. A drunk man receives a startling vision of life after death. A struggling painter’s apprentice falls in love with his master’s niece, only to see her given in marriage to an older, wealthier man. Mysterious and Horrific Stories is a collection of Gothic tales by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Walter Longcluse, a mysterious gentleman, befriends the Arden family, courting the beautiful Alice while luring her brother Richard into the discreet world of underground gambling. When a gruesome murder takes place, questions concerning Longcluse’s past resurface, plunging the Arden family into terrible danger. Checkmate is a novel by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

In the village of Chapelizod, a skull is unearthed during an interment at a small churchyard, revealing several disturbing injuries. This sets into motion a story so old it was almost forgotten, from a time when murder and mystery shook the village to its core. The House by the Church-Yard is a novel by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

After the death of her father, Maud Ruthyn is named heiress to a sizable fortune. However, she must live with her Uncle Silas, a reclusive man, until she comes of age. Beset with rumors and strange occurrences, Maud begins to fear for not only her fortune, but her life. Uncle Silas is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Walter Longcluse, a mysterious gentleman, befriends the Arden family, courting the beautiful Alice while luring her brother Richard into the discreet world of underground gambling. When a gruesome murder takes place, questions concerning Longcluse’s past resurface, plunging the Arden family into terrible danger. Checkmate is a novel by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

In the village of Chapelizod, a skull is unearthed during an interment at a small churchyard, revealing several disturbing injuries. This sets into motion a story so old it was almost forgotten, from a time when murder and mystery shook the village to its core. The House by the Church-Yard is a novel by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

After the death of her father, Maud Ruthyn is named heiress to a sizable fortune. However, she must live with her Uncle Silas, a reclusive man, until she comes of age. Beset with rumors and strange occurrences, Maud begins to fear for not only her fortune, but her life. Uncle Silas is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

A teenage girl describes her unusual childhood to a patient but curious doctor. Raised in a castle by her father, a widower who recently concluded his career in service to the Austrian Empire, Laura has been haunted since her youth with visions of a beautiful, spectral woman. Carmilla is a Gothic horror novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.