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📘 In a glass darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"In a Glass Darkly" gathers five classic stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, a master of Irish gothic and supernatural fiction. The tales are framed as recovered writings of Dr Martin Hesselius, an occult detective. The volume includes "Green Tea," where a clergyman is tormented by an unseen demon; "The Familiar," a revised form of 1851’s "The Watcher," in which a sea captain is stalked by a dwarf; "Mr Justice Harbottle," an adaptation of 1853’s "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" featuring a judge haunted by vengeful spirits; "The Room in the Dragon Volant," a mystery involving a premature burial and a mysterious countess; and the influential vampire novella "Carmilla," noted for its impact on Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" and later vampire films.

First publish date: 1872

Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror

Authors: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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