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
In 1989, she married Mark Le Fanu, a film historian.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2010
Just before this period, Le Fanu had taken to writing humorous Irish stories, afterwards published in the 'Dublin University Magazine,' such as the 'Quare Gander,' 'Jim Sulivan's Adventure,' 'The Ghost and the Bone-setter,' etc.
From The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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