Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (August 28, 1814 – February 7, 1873) was an Irish writer of short stories and mystery novels. His ghost stories are an early example of the genre of horror fiction in its modern form, in which (as in the famous tale "Schalken the Painter"), virtue does not always triumph and easy explanations for supernatural occurrences are not always forthcoming. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is in need of attention. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any media intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ...

Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin to a noble family. His grandmother Alice Sheridan Le Fanu and her brother, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (J. Sheridan Le Fanu's great-uncle), were both playwrights. His niece, Rhoda Broughton, would become a very successful novelist. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and politician. ... Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. ...

Le Fanu studied law at Trinity College in Dublin, where he was elected Auditor of the College Historical Society, and passed the bar 1839. But Le Fanu did not take up the legal profession, instead becoming a journalist. Thenceforth until his death he published stories. From 1861--1869, he edited Dublin University Magazine, which also published many of his works in serial form. He owned several periodicals (including the Dublin University Magazine and the Dublin Evening Mail) in his late life. He died in his native Dublin on February 7, 1873. Corruption Jurisprudence Philosophy of law Law (principle) List of legal abbreviations Legal code Intent Letter versus Spirit Natural Justice Natural law Religious law Witness intimidation Legal research Critical legal studies External links Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Law Look up law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... The College Historical Society (commonly known as The Hist) was founded in Trinity College 1770 and traces its creation to the philosopher Edmund Burke. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

His work

Le Fanu's plots are well-crafted and vivid, though some find his prose too wordy and his characters frustratingly daft. He specialised in tone and effect rather than shock horror, often following a mystery format. Yet to the delicate sensibility, tales such as the vampire novella Carmilla can be profoundly effective. Carmilla is a vampire novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, first published 1872, predating Bram Stokers Dracula by over twenty years. ...

Carmilla was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in the writing of Dracula. A very early work, A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family (1839), may have influenced Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. He is sometimes said to be the father of the Victorian Irish ghost story. Considering the influence of his work, it is surprising that Le Fanu is not better appreciated. Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp Dracula is a fictional character, inarguably the most famous vampire in literature. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, best remembered for her one novel Wuthering Heights, an acknowledged classic of English literature. ... Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontës only novel. ...

His best-known works, still read today, are the macabre mystery novel Uncle Silas (1864), and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872), which contains Carmilla as well as "Green Tea" and "The Familiar", two famous stories of enigmatic hauntings apparently provoked by obscure guilt. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Guilt is a concept used in various ways in various contexts. ...

Other fiction by Le Fanu includes: The Purcell Papers, divided into three volumes; The House by the Churchyard (1863); Wylder's Hand (1864);Guy Deverell (1865); Haunted Lives (1868); The Wyvern Mystery (1869); and the posthumously published The Watcher and Other Weird Stories (1894), another collection of short stories. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• E-texts of many Le Fanu stories and information on his life is available at http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Fanu.html.
• An electronic version of Carmilla is available at http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/lit.htp.
• Works by Le Fanu from Project Gutenberg