![]() ![]() He was a meticulous craftsman who combined the contemporary Gothic literary conventions with his own realistic technique to produce stories with psychological insight and supernatural terror,” said the Irish Times, marking the Irish writer’s birthday. "Le Fanu greatly pushed out the boundaries of the Victorian ghost story. Although there is a road and a public park in Ballyfermot named after him, his real legacy lives on in today’s modern horror stories, which he greatly influenced. : Carmilla (9780809510832) by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. Le Fanu died in Dublin on February 7, 1873, at the age of 58. After her death, Le Fanu would not write fiction again until his mother’s death in 1861. 'Carmilla' predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by twenty five years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel and has been adapted many times for cinema. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. She died in April 1858 at the age of 34 from what was described as a “hysterical attack” and the circumstances surrounding her death were never properly explained. 'Carmilla' is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. ![]() The best Irish legends and myths to tell your kids at storytimeĪccording to the Herald, she was rumored to see visions of her recently deceased father who would tell her that apace was waiting for her in the family vault in Mount Jerome. ![]()
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