| In a Glass Darkly | |
 Illustration of Carmilla from The Dark Blue by D. H. Friston, 1872 |
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| Author | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Mystery, Gothic horror |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley & Son |
| Publication date | 1872 |
| Media type | Paperback, Hardback |
In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five short stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 &ndash 7 February 1873 was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view The year 1872 in literature involved some significant new books Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 &ndash 7 February 1873 was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The second and third are revised versions of previously published stories, and the fourth and fifth are long enough to be called novellas. A novella is a written, Fictional Prose Narrative longer than a Novelette but shorter than a Novel.
The title is taken from 1 Corinthians 13, a deliberate misquotation of the passage which describes humanity as perceiving the world "through a glass darkly". 1 Corinthians 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.
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Stories
The stories, which belong to the gothic horror and mystery genres, are presented as selections from the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Martin Hesselius. Gothic fiction (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. Occult detective stories combine the genres of the Detective story with supernatural horror fiction
Green Tea
An English clergyman named Jennings confides to Hesselius that he is being followed by a demon in the form of an ethereal monkey, invisible to everyone else, which is trying to invade his mind and destroy his life. Hesselius writes letters to a Dutch colleague about the victim's condition, which gets steadily worse with time as the creature steps up its methods, all of which are purely psychological. The title refers to Hesselius's belief that green tea was what unsealed Jennings's "inner eye" and led to the haunting. Green tea is a type of Tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis, that has undergone minimal Oxidation during processing Emanuel Swedenborg's book Arcana Coelestia (1749) is cited on the power of demons. (born Emanuel Swedberg; February 8 1688–March 29 1772 was a Swedish Scientist, Philosopher, Christian mystic, and Theologian The Arcana Cœlestia quae in Scriptura Sacra seu Verbo Domini sunt detecta (or "Heavenly Secrets" is the first and largest work published by Emanuel Swedenborg in
The Familiar
A revised version of The Watcher (1851). A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. He starts to hear accusatory voices all about him, and eventually his fears solidify in the form of a sinister bird, a pet owl owned by his fiancée, Miss Montague.
Mr Justice Harbottle
A revised version of An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853). A cruel judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Elijah Harbottle, finds himself under attack by vengeful spirits, and in a disturbing dream he is condemned to death by a monstrous doppelgänger. A doppelgänger ( or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person a sinister form of Bilocation. The story is set between 1746 and 1748, and is retold by a Londoner called Anthony Harman from the account given in letters by an elderly friend.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
Not a ghost story but a notable mystery story, in 26 chapters, which includes the theme of premature burial. A naive young Englishman in France attempts to save a mysterious countess from her intolerable situation.
Carmilla
A tale of a lesbian vampire, set in Styria, Austria. " Carmilla " is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Lesbian vampirism is a trope in 20th century Exploitation film that has its roots in Joseph Sheridan le Fanu 's novella Carmilla (1872 The Duchy of Styria (Herzogtum Steiermark Vojvodina Štajerska Stájerország was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. This story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in the writing of Dracula. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912 was an Irish writer of novels and short stories who is best known today for his 1897 horror Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. It also served as the basis for several films including Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932). Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Carl Theodor Dreyer Jr ( February 3, 1889 - March 20, 1968) was a Danish Film director. Vampyr is a French - German film by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer, released in 1932.
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