Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century. In his stories the supernatural explanation is implied, but there is always a remote but possible natural explanation. Le Fanu and Poe were some of the first true short story writers and the first in the short story horror genre. An excerpt from this story reads, "The bloated and gouty old man, in his horror, considered the question of resistance. But his athletic days were long over. This moor was a desert. There was no help to...
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the ninet...
La leggendaria figura del vampiro e molto antica, radicata in culture diversissime tra loro e spesso con caratteristiche diverse a seconda dei casi (come vediamo, per esempio, dai primi due racconti qui presentati, dove nessun vampiro si fa problemi a esporsi alla luce del sole), l'unico punto che tutti i vampiri hanno in comune tra loro e la tendenza a nutrirsi del sangue dei vivi, portandoli inevitabilmente alla distruzione. In questo libro sono raccolti quattro tra i piu antichi racconti sull'argomento: Il Vampiro, di John William Polidori, forse il primo a rappresentare la figura del...
La leggendaria figura del vampiro e molto antica, radicata in culture diversissime tra loro e spesso con caratteristiche diverse a seconda dei casi (c...
