Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Madam Crowl's ghost and other stories / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ; collected and edited by M. R. James. - Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions Limited, c1994. - 178 pages ;
Madam Crowl's ghost -- Squire Toby's will -- Dickon the devil -- The child that went with the fairies -- The white cat of Drumgunniol -- An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier street -- Ghost stories of Chapelizod -- Wicked captain Walshawe, of Wauling -- Sir Dominick's bargain -- Ultor de Lacy -- The vision of Tom Chuff -- Stories of Lough Guir
Edited by M.R. James In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.'
Adult
English
9781853262180 [paperback]
Ghost stories, English.
Ireland--Fiction.
Madam Crowl's ghost and other stories / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ; collected and edited by M. R. James. - Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions Limited, c1994. - 178 pages ;
Madam Crowl's ghost -- Squire Toby's will -- Dickon the devil -- The child that went with the fairies -- The white cat of Drumgunniol -- An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier street -- Ghost stories of Chapelizod -- Wicked captain Walshawe, of Wauling -- Sir Dominick's bargain -- Ultor de Lacy -- The vision of Tom Chuff -- Stories of Lough Guir
Edited by M.R. James In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in The Dublin University Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.'
Adult
English
9781853262180 [paperback]
Ghost stories, English.
Ireland--Fiction.