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Short Fiction
章节(39)
- The Ghost and the Bonesetter 0:00
- The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh 23:54
- The Last Heir of Castle Connor 1:26:29
- The Drunkard’s Dream 2:58:06
- Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess 3:31:08
- The Bridal of Carrigvarah 5:00:18
- Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter 6:11:33
- Scraps of Hibernian Ballads 7:13:18
- Jim Sulivan’s Adventures in the Great Snow 7:33:03
- A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family 7:58:12
- An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain 9:32:40
- “The Quare Gander” 10:48:51
- Spalatro 11:11:54
- The Fatal Bride 13:29:30
- The Mysterious Lodger 15:59:51
- Billy Malowney’s Taste of Love and Glory 18:28:00
- Ghost Stories of Chapelizod 19:03:57
- Some Gossip About Chapelizod 20:11:09
- An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street 20:47:30
- Ultor de Lacy 21:43:53
- Borrhomeo the Astrologer 22:46:36
- An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House 23:17:35
- My Aunt Margaret’s Adventure 23:52:42
- Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling 24:47:55
- Squire Toby’s Will 25:20:57
- Green Tea 26:40:09
- The Child That Went with the Fairies 28:05:36
- The White Cat of Drumgunniol 28:29:50
- Stories of Lough Guir 28:59:34
- The Vision of Tom Chuff 29:27:30
- Madam Crowl’s Ghost 30:00:42
- Carmilla 30:37:09
- The Dead Sexton 33:42:01
- Mr. Justice Harbottle 34:27:47
- The Familiar 35:48:45
- Sir Dominick’s Bargain 37:30:09
- Laura Silver Bell 38:06:15
- Dickon the Devil 38:38:29
- Hyacinth O’Toole 39:03:56
Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu is remembered today as a master of Gothic horror. This collection includes his classic atmospheric ghost stories like “Green Tea” and “The Familiar”—the latter of which M. R. James considered the best of Le Fanu’s ghost stories, and therefore the best ghost story ever written.
But Le Fanu also wrote in genres other than horror. His talent for historical fiction shows in “An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald,” set in the aftermath of the Battle of the Boyne, and in “The Fatal Bride” he shows his mastery of Victorian sensation fiction. Both of these stories, and many others in this collection, were first published in the Dublin University Magazine, where Le Fanu was a regular contributor and later the owner and editor.
Also included are two pioneering vampire stories: “Carmilla,” which profoundly influenced Bram Stoker in creating Dracula, and the lesser-known 1843 novella “Spalatro.”