Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(1814–1873)

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Works

Novels and novellas

• Spalatro: from the notes of Fra Giacomo (1843), published anonymously
• The Cock and Anchor (1845) Reissued with slight alterations as Morley Court in 1873.
• The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien (1847)
• The House by the Churchyard (1863)
• Wylder's Hand (1864)
• Uncle Silas (1864)
• Guy Deverell (1865)
• All in the Dark (1866)
• The Tenants of Malory (1867)
• A Lost Name (1868)
• Haunted Lives (1868)
• The Wyvern Mystery (1869)
• Checkmate (1871)
• The Rose and the Key (1871)
• Willing to Die (1872)
• In a Glass Darkly (1872)

Short stories

Published in periodicals:

• "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter", Dublin University Magazine, January 1838
• "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh", Dublin University Magazine, March 1838
• "The Last Heir of Castle Connor", Dublin University Magazine, June 1838
• "The Drunkard's Dream", Dublin University Magazine, August 1838
• "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess", Dublin University Magazine, November 1838
• "The Bridal of Carrigvarah", Dublin University Magazine, April 1839
• "Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter", Dublin University Magazine, May 1839
• "Scraps of Hibernian Ballads", Dublin University Magazine, June 1839
• "Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow", Dublin University Magazine, July 1839
• "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family", Dublin University Magazine, October 1839 (though Gutenberg incorrectly says 1836)
• "An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain", Dublin University Magazine, February 1840
• "The Quare Gander", Dublin University Magazine, October 1840
• "Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory", unknown periodical, June 1850
• "The Mysterious Lodger", unknown periodical, 1850
• "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street", from the Dublin University Magazine, January 1851. Later modified as Mr Justice Harbottle
• "Ghost Stories of Chapelizod", from the Dublin University Magazine, January 1851.
• "Ultor de Lacy", from the Dublin University Magazine, December 1861.
• "Borrhomeo the Astrologer", first published in Dublin University Magazine, January 1862.
• "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House", first published in University Magazine, 1862
• "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling", from the Dublin University Magazine, April 1864. (Gutenberg says 1869).
• "Squire Toby's Will", from Temple Bar, January 1868.
• "The Child That Went with the Fairies", from All the Year Round, February 1870.
• "The White Cat of Drumgunniol", from All the Year Round, April 1870.
• "Stories of Lough Guir", from All the Year Round, April 1870.
• "The Vision of Tom Chuff", from All the Year Round, October 1870.
• "Madam Crowl's Ghost", from All the Year Round, December 1870.
• "The Vision of Tom Chuff", from All the Year Round, October 1870.
• "The Dead Sexton", unknown periodical, 1871
• "Laura Silver Bell", unknown periodical, 1872
• "Dickon the Devil", from London Society, Christmas Number, 1872.

From Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, a rare 1851 collection published anonymously:

• "The Watcher"
• "The Murdered Cousin", later expanded into Uncle Silas, 1864
• "Schalken the Painter"
• "The Bird of Passage"
• "The Evil Guest", later expanded into A Lost Name, 1868

From Chronicles of Golden Friars, an 1871 collection of short stories or novellas set in the imaginary English village of Golden Friars:

• "A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay", within which is incorporated the story "Madam Crowl's Ghost"
• "The Haunted Baronet"
• "The Bird of Passage", reprinted

From In a Glass Darkly, an 1872 collection:

• Green Tea
• The Familiar
• Mr Justice Harbottle
• The Room in the Dragon Volant
• Carmilla

There have been published, both within Le Fanu's lifetime and after, many collections of previously-published stories. The most influential and well-known are:

• The Purcell Papers was an 1880 collection collection of stories.^[1]. (It was reprinted in 1975 in a heavily abbreviated form.) The 1880 edition includes "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter", "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh", "The Last Heir of Castle Connor", "The Drunkard's Dream", "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess", "The Bridal of Carrigvarah", "Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter", "Scraps of Hibernian Ballads", "Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow", "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family", "An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain", "The Quare Gander", and "Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory".

• Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery was published posthumously in 1923, edited by M. R. James. This collection includes "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", and "Stories of Lough Guir".

Works about Le Fanu

• Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, the introduction to The Purcell Papers (1880), by Alfred Perceval Graves
• "Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others (1931) by S. M. Ellis, copyright not renewed
• Sheridan Le Fanu (1951) by Nelson Browne, copyright not renewed

References

1. Complete text of The Purcell Papers