In a Glass Darkly(wordsworth Mystery & the Supernatural) (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)
Sheridan Le Fanu
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. In a Glass Darkly (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a pioneer psychologist.
These five tales represent some of Le Fanu's most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features both ghosts and vampires - Le Fanu redefined the parameters of supernatural ... Read more
This volume is an indispensable cornerstone of modern horror and remains one of the finest collections of unsettling fiction in the language.
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