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Sheridan Le Fanu - In a Glass Darkly(wordsworth Mystery & the Supernatural) (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) - 9781840225525 - 9781840225525
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In a Glass Darkly(wordsworth Mystery & the Supernatural) (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

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Description for In a Glass Darkly(wordsworth Mystery & the Supernatural) (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) Paperback. A collection of tales of the supernatural, in which the patients of Dr Heselius are plagued by malignant apparitions and vampires, or are drugged into a state of living death. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.

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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Product Details

Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural
Condition
Used, Like New
Weight
187g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840225525
SKU
9781840225525
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