About J Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu has been the inspiration and motive force behind a great deal of modern horror literature; his tales of horror inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula; it was the custom, according to Henry James, for Victorian hosts to place a volume of his stories on a guest's bedside table for 'the hours after midnight'; and M R James, the famous ghost story teller, considered him 'absolutely in the front rank' as a supernatural writer. Yet in modern times Le Fanu has been unaccountably ignored.
Novels
The Cock and Anchor (1845)
Torlogh O'Brien (1847)
The House by the Churchyard (1861)
Wylder's Hand (1863)
Uncle Silas (1864)
Guy Deverell (1865)
The Prelude (1865)
All in the Dark (1866)
The Tenants of Malory (1867)
Haunted Lives (1868)
A Lost Name (1868)
The Wyvern Mystery (1869)
Checkmate (1871)
The Rose and the Key (1871)
Carmilla (1872)
Willing to Die (1873)
The Evil Guest (1895)
Torlogh O'Brien (1847)
The House by the Churchyard (1861)
Wylder's Hand (1863)
Uncle Silas (1864)
Guy Deverell (1865)
The Prelude (1865)
All in the Dark (1866)
The Tenants of Malory (1867)
Haunted Lives (1868)
A Lost Name (1868)
The Wyvern Mystery (1869)
Checkmate (1871)
The Rose and the Key (1871)
Carmilla (1872)
Willing to Die (1873)
The Evil Guest (1895)
Collections
Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery (1851)
The Chronicles of Golden Friars (1871)
In a Glass Darkly (1872)
The Purcell Papers (1880)
The Watcher and Other Weird Stories (1894)
A Chronicle of Golden Friars: And Other Stories (1896)
The Poems of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (poems) (1896)
Green Tea: And Other Ghost Stories (1907)
Madam Crowl's Ghost: And Other Tales of Mystery (1923)
Sheridan Le Fanu: The Diabolic Genius (1959)
Best Ghost Stories of J. S. le Fanu (1964)
The Best Horror Stories (1970)
The Vampire Lovers: And Other Stories (1970)
Ghost Stories and Mysteries (1973)
The Hours After Midnight (1975)
J.S. Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries (1987)
Ghost and Horror Stories (1990)
Carmilla and Other Classic Tales of Mystery (1996)
Gothic Horror 3: The Complete Purcell Papers (2001)
The Chronicles of Golden Friars (1871)
In a Glass Darkly (1872)
The Purcell Papers (1880)
The Watcher and Other Weird Stories (1894)
A Chronicle of Golden Friars: And Other Stories (1896)
The Poems of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (poems) (1896)
Green Tea: And Other Ghost Stories (1907)
Madam Crowl's Ghost: And Other Tales of Mystery (1923)
Sheridan Le Fanu: The Diabolic Genius (1959)
Best Ghost Stories of J. S. le Fanu (1964)
The Best Horror Stories (1970)
The Vampire Lovers: And Other Stories (1970)
Ghost Stories and Mysteries (1973)
The Hours After Midnight (1975)
J.S. Le Fanu: Ghost Stories and Mysteries (1987)
Ghost and Horror Stories (1990)
Carmilla and Other Classic Tales of Mystery (1996)
Gothic Horror 3: The Complete Purcell Papers (2001)
Chapbooks
Anthologies containing stories by J Sheridan Le Fanu
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
Hauntings and Horror: The Supernatural Omnibus Volume 1 (1931)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
Who Knocks? (1946)
Night's Yawning Peal (1952)
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1964)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
The Craft of Terror (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 1 (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
The Supernatural Solution (1976)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Devilish Doings (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
The Open Door: And Other Ghost Stories (1990)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories (1993)
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Blood and Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996)
Children of the Night (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
Hauntings and Horror: The Supernatural Omnibus Volume 1 (1931)
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
Who Knocks? (1946)
Night's Yawning Peal (1952)
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1964)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
The Craft of Terror (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1972)
The Edge of Never (1973)
The Nightmare Reader Volume 1 (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
The 12th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1976)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
The Supernatural Solution (1976)
The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Devilish Doings (1985)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
The Colour of Evil (1987)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
The Open Door: And Other Ghost Stories (1990)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Stories (1993)
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
Blood and Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature (1995)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996)
Children of the Night (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
Short stories
| The Drunkard's Dream (1838) | |||
| The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh (1838) | |||
| The Ghost and the Bone-Setter (1838) | |||
| The Murdered Cousin (1838) | |||
| A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family (1839) | |||
| Schalken the Painter (1839) | |||
| Schalken the Painter (1839) | |||
| The Mysterious Lodger (1850) | |||
| The Evil Guest (1851) | |||
| The Familiar (1851) aka The Watcher | |||
| Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851) | |||
| The Sexton's Adventure (1851) | |||
| The Specter Lovers (1851) | |||
| The Spectre Lovers (1851) | |||
| The Village Bully (1851) | |||
| An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853) aka The House on Aungier Street | |||
| The House on Aungier Street (1853) | |||
| Ghost Stories of the Tiled House (1861) | |||
| Ultor de Lacy (1861) | |||
| An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (1862) | |||
| The House By the Churchyard (excerpt) (1863) | |||
| Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand (1863) | |||
| Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling (1864) | |||
| Squire Toby's Will (1868) | |||
| Green Tea (1869) | |||
| The Child That Went With the Fairies (1870) | |||
| The Haunted Baronet (1870) | |||
| Madam Crowl's Ghost (1870) | |||
| Stories of Lough Guir (1870) | |||
| The Vision of Tom Chuff (1870) | |||
| The White Cat of Drumgunniol (1870) | |||
| Carmilla (1871) | |||
| The Dead Sexton (1871) | |||
| The Strange Investigator (1871) | |||
| Dickon the Devil (1872) | |||
| Laura Silver Bell (1872) | |||
| Mr Justice Harbottle (1872) | |||
| The Room in the Dragon Volant (1872) | |||
| Sir Dominick's Bargain (1872) | |||
| The Churchyard Yew |
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