Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin, Ireland on 28 August 1814. He was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. 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". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard.
On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. Isaac Butt was a witness. The couple then travelled to his parents' home in Abington for Christmas. They took a house in Warrington Place near the Grand Canal in Dublin. Their first child, Eleanor, was born in 1845, followed by Emma in 1846, Thomas in 1847 and George in 1854.
Le Fanu died of a heart attack in his native Dublin on 7 February 1873, at the age of 58.
On 18 December 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett, the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. Isaac Butt was a witness. The couple then travelled to his parents' home in Abington for Christmas. They took a house in Warrington Place near the Grand Canal in Dublin. Their first child, Eleanor, was born in 1845, followed by Emma in 1846, Thomas in 1847 and George in 1854.
Le Fanu died of a heart attack in his native Dublin on 7 February 1873, at the age of 58.
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| Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) |
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| THE WATCHER (1851) |
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| THE COCK AND THE AUTHOR (1845) |
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| A STABLE FOR NIGHTMARES |
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| CHECKMATE (1871) |
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