Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Writer

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer known for Gothic, horror and supernatural fiction. He is the author of the novella Carmilla (1872) and influential collections of ghost stories.

Carmilla (1872) is widely cited as an important precursor to Bram Stoker's Dracula and a landmark in vampire literature; Le Fanu is recognized for his atmospheric Gothic tales and contributions to 19th-century supernatural fiction.

The available review praises Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872) as a foundational Gothic vampire novella that influenced later works such as Dracula. It highlights atmosphere, sapphic undertones, and Le Fanu's contribution to supernatural fiction. The review strongly recommends reading Carmilla for genre fans.

For:Readers of Gothic and vampire fiction; students and fans of 19th-century literature.

 Everyone has read, or at least knows, the famous "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, whose fame was significantly amplified by the eponymous film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1992, but unfortunately, few people know the novel that is the most direct predecessor to "Dracula", so much so that it pushed Stoker to delay the publication of his bestseller until 1897 for fear of even a plagiarism accusation.

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