In a Glass Darkly (Wordsworth Classics)
by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 185326265X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853262654
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Synopsis
In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The book, published in 1872 a year before Le Fanu's death, is named from a passage in Corinthians which speaks of humankind perceiving the world "through a glass darkly." The stories are told from the posthumous writings of an occult detective named Dr Martin Hesselius. In Green Tea a clergyman is being driven mad by an evil demon that takes the ephemeral form of a monkey, but is unseen by others as it burdens the victim's mind with psychological torment. In The Familiar, revised from Le Fanu's The Watcher of 1851, a sea captain is stalked by a dwarf, "The Watcher." Is this strange character from captain's past? In Mr Justice Harbottle a merciless court judge is attacked by vengeful spirits, dreaming he is sentenced to death by a horrific version of himself. The story was revised from 1853's An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street. In The Room in the Dragon Volant, a notable mystery which includes a premature burial theme, an innocent young Englishman in France tries to rescue a mysterious countess from her unbearable situation. Lastly, Carmilla tells the tale of a lesbian vampire. It was a huge influence on Bram Stoker's writing of Dracula and the basis for the films Vampyr in 1932 and The Vampire Lovers in 1970.
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- Bookseller
- Re-Read Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0245424
- Title
- In a Glass Darkly (Wordsworth Classics)
- Author
- Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 185326265X
- ISBN 13
- 9781853262654
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995-08-31
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 7 oz
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