Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 'In a Glass Darkly' is a collection of mystery and horror tales that captivate the reader with its dark and chilling narratives. Set in the Victorian era, Le Fanu's gothic storytelling style delves into the psychological depths of human nature, weaving together supernatural elements with subtle suspense. Each story in the collection is intricately crafted, filled with ominous atmosphere and mysterious occurrences, leaving readers on edge with anticipation. Le Fanu's use of intricate narrative structures and complex character developments adds layers of depth to each tale, making 'In a Glass Darkly' a must-read for fans of gothic literature.Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a prominent Irish writer of the 19th century, drew inspiration from the gothic and supernatural themes prevalent in his time. His personal experiences and interest in the occult influenced his writing, leading him to create haunting and enigmatic stories that have stood the test of time. Le Fanu's unique blend of horror and mystery continues to captivate readers and scholars alike, cementing his legacy in the realm of gothic literature.For readers seeking an immersive and chilling literary experience, 'In a Glass Darkly' is a masterful collection that showcases Le Fanu's storytelling prowess. With its gripping narratives and eerie ambiance, this book is sure to intrigue and unsettle those with a taste for the macabre.
IN A GLASS DARKLY (Mystery & Horror Collection)
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 'In a Glass Darkly' is a collection of mystery and horror tales that captivate the reader with its dark and chilling narratives. Set in the Victorian era, Le Fanu's gothic storytelling style delves into the psychological depths of human nature, weaving together supernatural elements with subtle suspense. Each story in the collection is intricately crafted, filled with ominous atmosphere and mysterious occurrences, leaving readers on edge with anticipation. Le Fanu's use of intricate narrative structures and complex character developments adds layers of depth to each tale, making 'In a Glass Darkly' a must-read for fans of gothic literature.Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a prominent Irish writer of the 19th century, drew inspiration from the gothic and supernatural themes prevalent in his time. His personal experiences and interest in the occult influenced his writing, leading him to create haunting and enigmatic stories that have stood the test of time. Le Fanu's unique blend of horror and mystery continues to captivate readers and scholars alike, cementing his legacy in the realm of gothic literature.For readers seeking an immersive and chilling literary experience, 'In a Glass Darkly' is a masterful collection that showcases Le Fanu's storytelling prowess. With its gripping narratives and eerie ambiance, this book is sure to intrigue and unsettle those with a taste for the macabre.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 'In a Glass Darkly' is a collection of mystery and horror tales that captivate the reader with its dark and chilling narratives. Set in the Victorian era, Le Fanu's gothic storytelling style delves into the psychological depths of human nature, weaving together supernatural elements with subtle suspense. Each story in the collection is intricately crafted, filled with ominous atmosphere and mysterious occurrences, leaving readers on edge with anticipation. Le Fanu's use of intricate narrative structures and complex character developments adds layers of depth to each tale, making 'In a Glass Darkly' a must-read for fans of gothic literature.Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a prominent Irish writer of the 19th century, drew inspiration from the gothic and supernatural themes prevalent in his time. His personal experiences and interest in the occult influenced his writing, leading him to create haunting and enigmatic stories that have stood the test of time. Le Fanu's unique blend of horror and mystery continues to captivate readers and scholars alike, cementing his legacy in the realm of gothic literature.For readers seeking an immersive and chilling literary experience, 'In a Glass Darkly' is a masterful collection that showcases Le Fanu's storytelling prowess. With its gripping narratives and eerie ambiance, this book is sure to intrigue and unsettle those with a taste for the macabre.
In A Glass Darkly
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five different tales, presented as selections from the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius. The title is taken from 1 Corinthians 13:12, a deliberate misquotation of the passage which describes humanity as perceiving the world "through a glass darkly". "Green Tea" - An English clergyman named Jennings confides to Hesselius that he is being followed by a demon in the form of an ethereal monkey, invisible to everyone else, which is trying to invade his mind and destroy his life. Hesselius writes letters to a Dutch colleague about the victim's condition, which gets steadily worse with time as the creature steps up its methods, all of which are purely psychological. "The Familiar"- A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past. "Mr. Justice Harbottle" - A cruel judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Elijah Harbottle, finds himself under attack by vengeful spirits, and in a disturbing dream he is condemned to death by a monstrous doppelgänger. The story is set between 1746 and 1748 "The Room in the Dragon Volan" - notable mystery story, in 26 chapters, which includes the theme of premature burial. "Carmilla"- A tale of a lesbian vampire, set in Styria, Austria. This story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in writing Dracula. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 – 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five different tales, presented as selections from the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius. The title is taken from 1 Corinthians 13:12, a deliberate misquotation of the passage which describes humanity as perceiving the world "through a glass darkly". "Green Tea" - An English clergyman named Jennings confides to Hesselius that he is being followed by a demon in the form of an ethereal monkey, invisible to everyone else, which is trying to invade his mind and destroy his life. Hesselius writes letters to a Dutch colleague about the victim's condition, which gets steadily worse with time as the creature steps up its methods, all of which are purely psychological. "The Familiar"- A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past. "Mr. Justice Harbottle" - A cruel judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Elijah Harbottle, finds himself under attack by vengeful spirits, and in a disturbing dream he is condemned to death by a monstrous doppelgänger. The story is set between 1746 and 1748 "The Room in the Dragon Volan" - notable mystery story, in 26 chapters, which includes the theme of premature burial. "Carmilla"- A tale of a lesbian vampire, set in Styria, Austria. This story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in writing Dracula. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 – 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".
In a Glass Darkly
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Through a Glass, Darkly
Author: Helen McCloy
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1471912477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Gisela von Hohenems joins the teaching staff of an exclusive girls' school in upstate New York, where she befriends fellow newcomer Faustina Coyle. But a climate of fear surrounds Faustina, and after several strange incidents that defy rational explanation, she is forced to resign. Gisela asks her fiancé, detective-psychologist Dr Basil Willing, to investigate in this highly acclaimed horror-mystery with shades of M. R. James.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1471912477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Gisela von Hohenems joins the teaching staff of an exclusive girls' school in upstate New York, where she befriends fellow newcomer Faustina Coyle. But a climate of fear surrounds Faustina, and after several strange incidents that defy rational explanation, she is forced to resign. Gisela asks her fiancé, detective-psychologist Dr Basil Willing, to investigate in this highly acclaimed horror-mystery with shades of M. R. James.
Through a Glass, Darkly
Author: Bill Hussey
Publisher: Bloody Books
ISBN: 9781905636280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Modern horror novel that deals with secrets long buried, festering guilt and haunting loneliness. Jack Trent, the most effective CID officer in the history of the department, is having bad dreams. He has seen the murder of a child in a forest at the hands of something indescribable. But these are more than dreams. They are visions of the future that Jack has tried for years to suppress. This is a brilliant novel from an exciting new writer who is steeped in the traditions and themes of the genre.
Publisher: Bloody Books
ISBN: 9781905636280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Modern horror novel that deals with secrets long buried, festering guilt and haunting loneliness. Jack Trent, the most effective CID officer in the history of the department, is having bad dreams. He has seen the murder of a child in a forest at the hands of something indescribable. But these are more than dreams. They are visions of the future that Jack has tried for years to suppress. This is a brilliant novel from an exciting new writer who is steeped in the traditions and themes of the genre.
The Day He Left
Author: Frederick Weisel
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464214220
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
After he was gone, the only things left behind were secrets Annie has fallen out of the habit of listening to her husband. She and Paul have been married for a long time; it's easy to nod as he drones on, responding to his voice while completely ignoring every word he says. That becomes a problem, of course, when Paul disappears and the police have questions. Was Paul having issues at work? Is there any reason to think he might harm himself? Annie doesn't know. But someone does. An unsettling photo found amongst Paul's things turns the investigation toward his job as a middle school teacher and a troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. But what exactly happened to Paul on the day he left for work and never made it to the classroom? Is his disappearance related to a local heroin trafficking operation? As Eddie Mahler and the members of the Santa Rosa Violent Crime Investigations Team rush to find the teacher, they discover the members of his family have hidden lives of their own, and that Paul may not have been running away but toward something that could ruin his career and marriage—and even cost his life.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464214220
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
After he was gone, the only things left behind were secrets Annie has fallen out of the habit of listening to her husband. She and Paul have been married for a long time; it's easy to nod as he drones on, responding to his voice while completely ignoring every word he says. That becomes a problem, of course, when Paul disappears and the police have questions. Was Paul having issues at work? Is there any reason to think he might harm himself? Annie doesn't know. But someone does. An unsettling photo found amongst Paul's things turns the investigation toward his job as a middle school teacher and a troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. But what exactly happened to Paul on the day he left for work and never made it to the classroom? Is his disappearance related to a local heroin trafficking operation? As Eddie Mahler and the members of the Santa Rosa Violent Crime Investigations Team rush to find the teacher, they discover the members of his family have hidden lives of their own, and that Paul may not have been running away but toward something that could ruin his career and marriage—and even cost his life.
Through a Glass, Darkly
Author: Stefan Bechtel
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466888466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
2018 ASJA Award-Winner in the Biography/History Category Is it possible to make direct contact with the dead? Do the departed seek to make contact with us? The conviction that both things are true was the cornerstone of spiritualism, a kind of do-it-yourself religion that swept the Western world from the 1850s to the 1930s. Prominent artists and poets, prime ministers and scientists, all joined hands around the séance table. But the movement's most famous spokesman by far was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose public quarrels with Houdini over the truth of spiritualism made headlines across the country. Known to the world as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle had undergone what many considered an enigmatic transformation, turning his back on the hyper-rational Holmes and plunging into the supernatural. What was it that convinced a brilliant man, the creator of the great exemplar of cold, objective thought, that there was a reality beyond reality? Though most modern sources make Conan Doyle out to be a kindly but credulous old fool, and though the spiritualist era was rife with fraud, Stefan Bechtel and Laurence Roy Stains take a closer look. They reexamine the old records of trance mediums and séances, and they discover that what Conan Doyle and his colleagues uncovered is as difficult to dismiss now as it was then.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466888466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
2018 ASJA Award-Winner in the Biography/History Category Is it possible to make direct contact with the dead? Do the departed seek to make contact with us? The conviction that both things are true was the cornerstone of spiritualism, a kind of do-it-yourself religion that swept the Western world from the 1850s to the 1930s. Prominent artists and poets, prime ministers and scientists, all joined hands around the séance table. But the movement's most famous spokesman by far was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose public quarrels with Houdini over the truth of spiritualism made headlines across the country. Known to the world as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle had undergone what many considered an enigmatic transformation, turning his back on the hyper-rational Holmes and plunging into the supernatural. What was it that convinced a brilliant man, the creator of the great exemplar of cold, objective thought, that there was a reality beyond reality? Though most modern sources make Conan Doyle out to be a kindly but credulous old fool, and though the spiritualist era was rife with fraud, Stefan Bechtel and Laurence Roy Stains take a closer look. They reexamine the old records of trance mediums and séances, and they discover that what Conan Doyle and his colleagues uncovered is as difficult to dismiss now as it was then.
In a Glass Darkly
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. The narrator is startled by a vision in his mirror: He sees a man with a scarred neck strangling a beautiful blonde. He later meets the woman in his vision, Sylvia, and notes her fiancé's scarred neck. He tells her of his premonition, and the engagement is broken off. But is that all there is to it?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062302175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Previously published in the print anthology The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories. The narrator is startled by a vision in his mirror: He sees a man with a scarred neck strangling a beautiful blonde. He later meets the woman in his vision, Sylvia, and notes her fiancé's scarred neck. He tells her of his premonition, and the engagement is broken off. But is that all there is to it?
Green Tea
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105608093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Dr. Martin Hesselius, a physician and occult enthusiast, attempts to help Jennings, a clergyman plagued by an ethereal demon. As Hesselius gets closer to finding a 'cure' for Jennings, the demon's attacks increase in frequency and severity. Unsure whether the affliction is psychological or supernatural, Hesselius contacts an associate in an attempt to prevent the clergyman's destruction.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105608093
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Dr. Martin Hesselius, a physician and occult enthusiast, attempts to help Jennings, a clergyman plagued by an ethereal demon. As Hesselius gets closer to finding a 'cure' for Jennings, the demon's attacks increase in frequency and severity. Unsure whether the affliction is psychological or supernatural, Hesselius contacts an associate in an attempt to prevent the clergyman's destruction.
Wylder's Hand
Author: Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is a suspenseful novel in which Mark Wylder disappears just as he is about to marry Dorcas Brandon. He leaves no trace but finally, letters from him arrive with a European postmark. Meanwhile, a sinister figure appears and claims he is the rightful groom for Dorcas.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is a suspenseful novel in which Mark Wylder disappears just as he is about to marry Dorcas Brandon. He leaves no trace but finally, letters from him arrive with a European postmark. Meanwhile, a sinister figure appears and claims he is the rightful groom for Dorcas.