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Ghostly Tales Volume 1: Schalken the Painter

Author
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Series
Gothic Library
Language
English
Length
48 pages
ISBN
9781911429463
Published
15 May 2016
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Gothic
  • vampire
  • occult
  • paranormal
  • ghost
  • lesbian
  • sexuality
  • sleepwalk
  • mystery

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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales: Schalken the Painter is a classic piece of horror fiction that has become a cornerstone of the Gothic genre. The novella focuses on a young Dutch painter, Godfried Schalken, and his betrothed, Rose Velderkaust, as they confront mysterious supernatural forces which threaten to rob Rose of her agency and autonomy.

Author

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish master of Gothic fiction whose spectral tales raised the ghost story to a literary art. Carmilla preceded Dracula by a quarter-century and helped define vampire fiction; Uncle Silas sealed the locked-room inheritance thriller.

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