Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and one of the great masters of Victorian ghost and mystery fiction. Working from his native Dublin, he produced a shadowy body of novels and stories — including Uncle Silas, The House by the Churchyard, and the haunting vampire novella Carmilla, which predated Dracula by a quarter century and deeply influenced Bram Stoker. A recluse in his later years, known as the "Invisible Prince" of Dublin, he perfected a quiet, insinuating brand of horror whose chill has never faded.
Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and one of the great masters of Victorian ghost and mystery fiction. Working from his native Dublin, he produced a shadowy body of novels and stories — including Uncle Silas, The House by the Churchyard, and the haunting vampire nov...