Le Fanu
Britishnoun
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First on our tour of teen terror, a classic 1872 vampire novella: “Carmilla,” by Sheridan Le Fanu.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2022
The publisher brought out an edition of “Carmilla,” a Victorian story by Sheridan Le Fanu that has become important in queer studies, with professional annotations and footnotes.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
Decades before Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” J. Sheridan Le Fanu perfected the vampire aesthetic in his haunting 1872 novella “Carmilla.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2020
General secretary of the Society of Authors Mark Le Fanu said writers, who value libraries "enormously", are "worried that there seem to be a lot of closures being contemplated."
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2010
I see Le Fanu has completed in the D. U. M. his clever story 'Wylder's Hand,' making his 3-vol. novel out of fifteen magazine sheets.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Downey, Edmund
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