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Le Fanu

/ ˈlɛfənjuː /

noun

  1. Le Fanu(Joseph) Sheridan18141873MIrishWRITING: writer ( Joseph ) Sheridan . 1814–73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural, esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872)


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The composite photo whose eyes follow you around the room are less Matthew Lewis or Sheridan Le Fanu than “Scooby-Doo.”

Le Fanu's literary life may be divided into three distinct periods.

Mr. Le Fanu occupies a distinctly original position among novel writers.

So, too, with his contemporary Le Fanu, whose reputation rests on a double basis.

There was the customary novel of Mr. Le Fanu, for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, William Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family.

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