DOU - FANU, Sheridan Le - The House by the Churchyard - [Doughty Library # 12] -(Hardcover in Wrap.)

(No more than 5 books per order or parcel allowed) - Book and wrapper in great condition - Very scarce - 496 pg.    >>>    Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is best known today as one of the Victorian period's leading exponents of supernatural fiction, and was described by M.R. James as standing 'absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories'. The House by the Churchyard is perhaps his best novel in this genre. Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin, in the 1760s the story opens with the accidental disinterment of an old skull in the churchyard, and an eerie late-night funeral. This discovery relates to murders, both recent and historical whose repercussions disrupt the complacent pace of village affairs and change the lives of many of its notable characters forever. Charm and chilling darkness abound in equal measure in one of the greatest novels of a Victorian master of mystery.  (Goodreads)   >>>   To anyone who has the patience and application this is one of the great works of literature bringing as it does the atmosphere of having been written at the time of the Irish Holocaust-the potato famine of 1847+. Stylistically it is as near to perfect as a narrative is likely to be, the writer's attention to detail in describing a still living suburb(in the 21st Century) of Dublin in the mid 19th Century of life in the 18th Century for one who knows the area intimately, is fantastic.The humour and pathos in this book carries the conversational style of Swift and clearly is the unwritten fount from which Joyce penned his trip around Dublin and other stories. Regrettably many of those who have used or been inspired by this great writer and human being have not given him the status and credit he still deserves-he was recognised by his contemporaries.  -   And the story? Read it yourself for the thrill of finishing a masterpiece; it will change you if you are able for it.  About the Publisher and series   -  The Doughty Library was named after Doughty Street in London, where Blonds publishing company was located - The series focused on British and American Victorian novels and reached at least 13 titles. The last titles were printed by 1968..            * Horror *