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Le Fanu

British  
/ ˈlɛfənjuː /

noun

  1. ( Joseph ) Sheridan . 1814–73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural, esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872)

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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

In 1989, she married Mark Le Fanu, a film historian.

From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2010

Pray, my dear Le Fanu, inquire, and answer me here by next packet, or as soon as convenient.

From The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan