An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House - Sheridan Le Fanu - E-Book

An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House E-Book

Sheridan Le Fanu

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🏚️ Step into the chilling corridors of a house where reality blurs with the supernatural. "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" plunges you into a true tale of spectral visits and unexplained occurrences. This gripping narrative recounts firsthand experiences of eerie events that challenge the boundaries of belief, leaving readers haunted by its chilling realism. 🌕 Prepare for sleepless nights and unforgettable moments. Discover the secrets hidden within the walls of a house steeped in mystery, where strange disturbances bring chills to your spine. With every turning page, you'll find yourself entangled in a web of suspense, terror, and curiosity. 📖 Praised for its authenticity and vivid storytelling. Readers and critics have lauded this account for its unique blend of reality and supernatural intrigue. It's a must-read for lovers of ghost stories and tales that linger long after the last page. ✨ Don't miss this hauntingly real story that will leave you questioning the unknown. ✨

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An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
About Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Published: 1862Categorie(s): Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Supernatural Creatures, Ghost, Horror, Short Stories

About Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer renowned for his masterful contributions to gothic fiction and supernatural tales. Often referred to as the "invisible prince" of Victorian literature, Le Fanu carved out a lasting legacy with his chilling narratives and atmospheric storytelling.

Le Fanu began his literary career as a journalist and editor before gaining recognition as a leading author of ghost stories and mysteries. His work blends psychological depth with gothic horror, creating suspenseful tales that linger in the reader’s imagination. He is perhaps best known for Carmilla (1872), one of the earliest and most influential vampire stories, predating Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over two decades.

Among his other notable works are Uncle Silas, a sinister mystery novel, and In a Glass Darkly, a collection of eerie tales framed as case studies of a fictional doctor. Le Fanu’s fiction often explores themes of fear, repression, madness, and the supernatural, set against the backdrop of crumbling estates and dark secrets.

Though somewhat overlooked in his lifetime, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is now recognized as a foundational figure in the gothic tradition, influencing generations of horror and mystery writers. His subtle, psychological approach to the genre continues to captivate readers around the world.

[The Editor of the UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE submits the following very remarkable statement, with every detail of which he has been for some years acquainted, upon the ground that it affords the most authentic and ample relation of a series of marvellous phenoma, in nowise connected with what is technically termed "spiritualism," which he has anywhere met with. All the persons—and there are many of them living—upon whose separate evidence some parts, and upon whose united testimony others, of this most singular recital depend, are, in their several walks of life, respectable, and such as would in any matter of judicial investigation be deemed wholly unexceptionable witnesses. There is not an incident here recorded which would not have been distinctly deposed to on oath had any necessity existed, by the persons who severally, and some of them in great fear, related their own distinct experiences. The Editor begs most pointedly to meet in limine the suspicion, that he is elaborating a trick, or vouching for another ghost of Mrs. Veal. As a mere story the narrative is valueless: its sole claim to attention is its absolute truth. For the good faith of its relator he pledges his own and the character of this Magazine. With the Editor's concurrence, the name of the watering-place, and some special circumstances in no essential way bearing upon the peculiar character of the story, but which might have indicated the locality, and possibly annoyed persons interested in house property there, have been suppressed by the narrator. Not the slightest liberty has been taken with the narrative, which is presented precisely in the terms in which the writer of it, who employs throughout the first person, would, if need were, fix it in the form of an affidavit.]