Sheridan Le Fanu - A Short Story Collection: An anthology from the Irish master of gothic and horror fiction, who's work would greatly influence prominent names such as MR James and Bram Stoker.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was born on August 28th, 1814, at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family with Huguenot, Irish and English roots

The children were tutored but, according to his brother William, the tutor taught them little if anything. Le Fanu was eager to learn and used his father's library to educate himself about the world. He was a creative child and by fifteen had taken to writing poetry.

Accepted into Trinity College, Dublin to study law he also benefited...