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Ghostly Tales Volume 3: The Haunted Baronet

Author
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Series
Gothic Library
Language
English
Length
164 pages
ISBN
9781911429487
Published
15 May 2016
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Gothic
  • vampire
  • occult
  • paranormal
  • ghost
  • lesbian
  • sexuality
  • sleepwalk
  • mystery

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Ghostly Tales: The Haunted Baronet by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a canonical text in the Gothic literature genre, renowned for its exploration of the supernatural and psychological horror. Through its intricate use of epistolary structure and narrative framing devices, Le Fanu's tale presents a masterful tapestry of oppressive atmosphere, suspenseful plot twists and an overarching sense of psychosomatic unease.

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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