In a Glass Darkly

Author	Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Mystery, Horror
Publisher	Richard Bentley & Son
Released	1872
Media Type	Paperback, Hardback

In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five short stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death. The second and third are revised versions of previously published stories, and the fourth and fifth are long enough to be called novellas. Illustration of Carmilla from The Dark Blue by D. H. Friston, 1872 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up Mystery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... See also: 1871 in literature, other events of 1872, 1873 in literature, list of years in literature. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... A novella is a narrative work of prose fiction somewhat longer than a short story but shorter than a novel. ...

The title is taken from 1 Corinthians 13. 1 Corinthians: 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. ...

The stories, which belong to the horror and mystery genres, are presented as selections from the posthumous papers of the psychic investigator Dr Martin Hesselius.

Green Tea

An English clergyman named Jennings confides to Hesselius that he is being followed by an ethereal monkey, invisible to everyone else, which is trying to invade his mind and destroy his life. Hesselius writes letters to a Dutch colleague about the victim's condition, which gets steadily worse with time as the creature steps up its methods, all of which are purely psychological. The title refers to Hesselius's belief that green tea was what unsealed Jennings's "inner eye" and led to the haunting. He also cites Emanuel Swedenborg's book Arcana Caelestia (1749). Green tea (绿茶) is tea that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. ... Emanuel Swedenborg, 75, holding the manuscript of Apocalypsis Revelata (1766). ...

The Familiar

A revised version of The Watcher (1851). A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past. He starts to hear accusatory voices all about him, and eventually his fears solidify in the form of a sinister bird, a pet owl owned by his fiancée, Miss Montague. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Mr Justice Harbottle

A revised version of An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853). A cruel judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Elijah Harbottle, finds himself under attack by vengeful spirits, and in a disturbing dream he is condemned to death by a monstrous doppelgänger. The story is set between 1746 and 1748, and is retold by a Londoner called Anthony Harman from the account given in letters by an elderly friend. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The Room in the Dragon Volant

Not a ghost story but a notable mystery story, in 26 chapters, which includes the theme of premature burial. A naive young Englishman in France attempts to save a mysterious countess from her intolerable situation. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Fear of being buried alive. ...

Carmilla

A tale of a lesbian vampire, set in Styria, Austria. This story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in the writing of Dracula. It also served as the basis for several films including Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932). Carmilla is a novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Styria was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of its primary character, the vampire Count Dracula. ... Hammer horror refers to a series of gothic horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s by the British film production company Hammer Film Productions Ltd. ... The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Ingrid Pitt and Kate OMara. ... Carl Theodor Dreyer (February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish film director. ... Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg (who appeared under the screen name Julian West). ...

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