Sheridan Le Fanu Writer

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (/ˈlɛfənjuː/; 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. Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

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Birth date	August 28, 1814
Birth name	Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
Birth place	Dublin
Date of death	February 07, 1873
Place of death	Dublin

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genre	Gothic fiction Mystery fiction
influenced	Bram Stoker Charles Dickens Charlotte Brontë James Joyce Henry James
influenced by	Samuel Taylor Coleridge Walter Scott Ann Radcliffe Emanuel Swedenborg Samuel Warren (English lawyer)
movement	Dark romanticism