Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The Secret of the Two Plaster Casts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This early work by Sheridan Le Fanu was originally published in 1896. Born in Dublin in 1814, he came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights, and his niece Rhoda Broughton would go on to become a successful novelist. Le Fanu entered Trinity College, Dublin to study law. While there, he was elected Auditor of the College Historical Society, and between 1838 and 1840 published his first series of short stories, which were later collected as The Purcell Papers. At his peak, le Fanu was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century, and he is now seen as central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. His work is credited with turning the Gothic's focus from the external sources of horror to the inward effects of terror, thus helping to create the psychological basis for supernaturalist literature that continues to this day. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Read Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 18
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473378032
• Artikelnr.: 44372277

Autorenporträt

Fiza Pathan was born in Mumbai, India. She finished her high school education from Bombay Scottish School, a reputed ICSE School in Mumbai. She then attended St. Andrews College to pursue her B.A. degree in History and Sociology, and graduated with a first class. A trained teacher, she graduated with a first class from the St. Theresa's Institute of Education, Santa Cruz, her special subjects being History and English. She has written ten award-winning books and a short story "Flesh of Flesh," which reflect her interest in furthering the cause of education and in championing social issues. She has placed in over 50 literary awards either as winner or finalist, chief among them being: Readers' Favorite Book Awards; Reader Views Literary Awards; Eric Hoffer Book Award; Foreword Reviews Indie Fab Book Awards; Mom's Choice Award; Literary Classics Book Awards and Dan Poynter's Global EBook Awards. She lives with her maternal family, and writes novels and short stories which include almost all genres. You may follow her on Twitter @FizaPathan and subscribe to her blog http://insaneowl.wordpress.com/feed