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Англо-ирландского писателя Джозефа Шеридана Ле Фаню (1814-1873) при жизни ставили в один ряд с Уилки Коллинзом и Эдгаром По. П...
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Очередная книга в серии "Готический роман". Англо-ирландского писателя Джозефа Шеридана Ле Фаню (1814-1873) при жизни ставили в один ряд с Уилки Коллинзом и Эдгаром По. В ...
Before electric lights and telephones, there were only candles and, at last, gas lights, to banish the darkness. And in that darkness might lurk - who knows? Ghosts, werew...
Как только не называли современники писателя Джозефа Шеридана Ле Фаню — и «ирландским Уилки Коллинзом», и «ирландским Эдгаром По». И эти сравнения вполне уместны. Ле Фаню ...
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Universally acclaimed as the maestro of horror and the morbid, Edgar Allan Poe’s dark gift has for more than a century and a half set the standard for the genre.
Now, C...
Master of the Gothic and creator of the detective genre, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous writers in all of American literature. His opium-tinged 'Ligei...
In 1888 Henry James wrote "There was the customary novel by Mr. Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight".
Madam Crowl...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
From the pioneer of horror fiction, this tale of a clergyman tormented by a demonic creature is one of the greatest Victorian ghost stories.
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