Sheridan Le Fanu

thumb|Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (24 August, 1814 – 7 February, 1873) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and journalist, now mainly remembered for his ghost stories and his mystery novel Uncle Silas. Quotes Uncle Silas (1864) There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills. It is a terrible phenomenon, whose laws we must study, and to whose conditions we must submit, if we would mitigate it. Ch. 21 "The world," he resumed after a short pause, "has no faith in any man's conversion; it never forgets what he was, it never believes him anything better, it is an inexorable and stupid judge." Ch. 47 How marvellously lie our anxieties, in filmy layers, one over the other! Take away that which has lain on the upper surface for so long – the care of cares – the only one, as it seemed to you, between your soul and the radiance of Heaven – and straight you find a new stratum there. Ch. 53 There comes with old age a time when the heart is no longer fusible or malleable, and must retain the form in which it has cooled down. Conclusion Criticism He has attained supremacy in one particular line: he succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer. M. R. James "The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu" (1923). External links Author:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 0494257 Category:1814 births Category:1873 deaths Category:Novelists from Ireland Category:Short story writers from Ireland Category:Fantasy authors Category:Horror authors Category:Journalists from Ireland Category:Anglicans Category:People from Dublin Category:Victorian novelists