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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1814–1873
A master of eerie atmosphere and slow-building suspense, this Irish writer helped shape the modern ghost story. His tales blend mystery, the supernatural, and a lingering sense of dread that still feels fresh.
33 Audiobooks
Wylder's Hand
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Cock and Anchor
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Purcell Papers — Volume 1
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Evil Guest
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Purcell Papers — Volume 3
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Guy Deverell, v. 1 of 2
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Room in the Dragon Volant
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Purcell Papers: Index and Contents of the Three Volumes
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 The Haunted Baronet (1871)
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Watcher, and other weird stories
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The House by the Church-Yard
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Wyvern mystery
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
In a Glass Darkly, v. 3/3
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Purcell Papers — Volume 2
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Checkmate
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Tenants of Malory, Volume 1
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Tenants of Malory, Volume 2
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Charles L. (Charles Lawrence) Young
The Tenants of Malory, Volume 3
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Guy Deverell, v. 2 of 2
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Willing to Die: A Novel
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
All in the dark
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
About the author
Born in Dublin on August 28, 1814, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish novelist, journalist, and one of the great early writers of Gothic fiction. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and went on to build a literary career that mixed supernatural horror with mystery and psychological tension.
He is especially remembered for ghost stories and dark novels such as Uncle Silas, In a Glass Darkly, and the vampire tale Carmilla, which appeared in 1872 and became one of the key works in vampire fiction before Dracula. His writing is known for haunted houses, uneasy secrets, and a quiet, unsettling style that lets fear grow slowly.
Le Fanu spent much of his life in Dublin, where he also worked in publishing and journalism. He died there on February 7, 1873, but his influence lasted far beyond the Victorian period, with later horror and mystery writers drawing on the mood, structure, and supernatural imagination of his stories.