Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu1 Works1.1 Novels and novellas Spalatro: from the notes of Fra Giacomo, 1843, pub- lished anonymously The Cock and Anchor, 1845. Reissued with slight alterations as Morley Court in 1873. The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien, 1847 The House by the Churchyard, 1863 Wylders Hand, 1864 Uncle Silas, 1864 Guy Deverell, 1865 All in the Dark, 1866 The Tenants of Malory, 1867 A Lost Name, 1868 Haunted Lives, 1868

The Wyvern Mystery, 1869 Checkmate, 1871 The Rose and the Key, 1871 Willing to Die, 18721.2 Short storiesPublished in periodicals: "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter", Dublin University

Magazine, January 1838 "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh", Dublin Uni- versity Magazine, March 1838 "The Last Heir of Castle Connor", Dublin University

Magazine, June 1838 "The Drunkards Dream", Dublin University Maga- zine, August 1838 "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess",Dublin University Magazine, November 1838 "The Bridal of Carrigvarah", Dublin University

Magazine, April 1839 "Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter",Dublin University Magazine, May 1839 "Scraps of Hibernian Ballads", Dublin University

Magazine, June 1839 "Jim Sulivans Adventures in the Great Snow",Dublin University Magazine, July 1839 "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family", Dublin University Magazine, October 1839 (though Gutenberg incorrectly says 1836) "An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royal- ist Captain", Dublin University Magazine, February1840 "The Quare Gander", Dublin University Magazine, October 1840 "Billy Maloneys Taste of Love and Glory", un- known periodical, June 1850 "The Mysterious Lodger", unknown periodical,18501 "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances inAungier Street", from the Dublin University Mag- azine, January 1851. Later modied as Mr Justice Harbottle

"Ghost Stories of Chapelizod", from the Dublin Uni- versity Magazine, January 1851. "Ultor de Lacy", from the Dublin University Maga- zine, December 1861. "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House", rst published in University Magazine, 1862 "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling", from the Dublin University Magazine, April 1864. (Guten- berg says 1869). "Squire Tobys Will", from Temple Bar, January1868. "The Child That Went with the Fairies", from All the

Year Round, February 1870. "The White Cat of Drumgunniol", from All the YearRound, April 1870. "Stories of Lough Guir", from All the Year Round, April 1870. "The Vision of Tom Chu", from All the YearRound, October 1870. "Madam Crowls Ghost", from All the Year Round, December 1870. "The Vision of Tom Chu", from All the YearRound, October 1870. "The Dead Sexton", unknown periodical, 1871 "Laura Silver Bell", unknown periodical, 1872 "Dickon the Devil", from London Society, ChristmasNumber, 1872.From Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, a rare 1851 col- lection published anonymously: The Watcher "The Murdered Cousin", later expanded into Uncle

Silas, 1864 "Schalken the Painter" "The Bird of Passage" "The Evil Guest", later expanded into A Lost Name,1868From Chronicles of Golden Friars, an 1871 collection of short stories or novellas set in the imaginary English vil- lage of Golden Friars:

"A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss LauraMildmay", within which is incorporated the storyMadam Crowls Ghost "The Haunted Baronet" The Bird of Passage, reprintedFrom In a Glass Darkly, an 1872 collection: Green Tea The Familiar Mr Justice Harbottle The Room in the Dragon Volant CarmillaThere have been published, both within Le Fanus life- time and after, many collections of previously-published stories. The most inuential and well-known are: The Purcell Papers was an 1880 collection collection of stories.[1]. (It was reprinted in 1975 in a heavily abbreviated form.) The 1880 edition includes The Ghost and the Bone-Setter, The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh, The Last Heir of Castle Connor, The Drunkards Dream, Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess, The Bridal of Car- rigvarah, Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter, Scraps of Hibernian Ballads, Jim Suli- vans Adventures in the Great Snow, A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family, An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain, The Quare Gander, and Billy Maloneys Taste of Love and Glory. Madam Crowls Ghost and Other Tales of Mys- tery was published posthumously in 1923, edited by M. R. James. This collection includes Madam Crowls Ghost, Squire Tobys Will, Dickon the Devil, The Child That Went with the Fairies, The White Cat of Drumgunniol, An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, Ghost Stories of Chapelizod, Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling, Sir Dominicks Bargain, Ultor de Lacy, The Vision of Tom Chu, and Stories of Lough Guir.2 Works about Le Fanu Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the intro- duction to The Purcell Papers, by Alfred Perceval Graves, 1880 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, in A Short Biographi- cal Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others by Author:S. M. Ellis, 1931, copyright not renewed Sheridan Le Fanu by Author:Nelson Browne, 1951, copyright not renewed Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, in Dictionary of Na- tional Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (18851900) in 63 vols.3 References[1] Complete text of The Purcell PapersAnd further texts are at Project Gutenberg, the J.S. LeFanu database, and a J.S. Le Fanu collection4 4 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES4 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses4.1 Text Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Source: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author%3AJoseph%20Sheridan%20Le%20Fanu?oldid=4824442 Contributors: Wild Wolf, ZSBot, Suicidalhamster, AdamBMorgan, Cygnis insignis, Quadell, Captain Nemo, Billinghurst, SDrewthbot, George Orwell III, Lilyblack, InductiveBot and Mpaa4.2 Images File:LeFanu.jpg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/LeFanu.jpg License: Public domain Contributors: ? Orig- inal artist: ? File:PD-icon.svg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/PD-icon.svg License: Public domain Contributors: Cre- ated by uploader. Based on similar symbols. Original artist: Various. See log. (Original SVG was based on File:PD-icon.png by Duesentrieb, which was based on Image:Red copyright.png by R.) File:Speaker_Icon.svg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Speaker_Icon.svg License: Public domain Con- tributors: ? Original artist: ?4.3 Content license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0