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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Author: J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)

Alternate Name(s): Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (legal name)

Biography: Father of author Eleanor Frances Le Fanu and uncle of author Rhoda Broughton. Editor of the Dublin University Magazine (1861–70). See entry in Sutherland.

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References: DNB; Loeber; NCBEL; Sutherland; Wolff

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Cock and Anchor: Being a Chronicle of Old Dublin City.  3 vol.  Dublin: William Curry, 1845.
  2. The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien: A Tale of the Wars of King James.  1 vol.  Dublin: James McGlashan, 1847.
  3. Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery.  1 vol.  Dublin: James McGlashan, 1851.
  4. The House by the Church-Yard.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863.
  5. Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1864.
  6. Wylder's Hand: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1864.
  7. Guy Deverell.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1865.
  8. All in the Dark.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1866.
  9. The Tenants of Malory: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867.
  10. Haunted Lives: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868.
  11. A Lost Name.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1868.
  12. The Wyvern Mystery: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  13. Checkmate.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871.
  14. Chronicles of Golden Friars.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1871.
  15. The Rose and the Key.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1871.
  16. In a Glass Darkly.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1872.
  17. Willing to Die.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1873.
  18. The Purcell Papers.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1880.