Sheridan Le Fanu
Overview
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish
writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story
writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era
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Sheridan Le Fanu was born at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot
origins.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story
Ghost story
A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, or an account of an experience, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. Colloquially, the term can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has...
writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
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Sheridan Le Fanu was born at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
origins.
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