Le Fanu concern rather lay in the examination of the results of supernatural experience on the psyche of his protagonist, in this he paved the way for the work of Henry James and M. He had little interest in the crude depiction of other worldly phenomena in order to provide the reader with a pleasurable frisson of fear. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features both ghosts and vampires - Le Fanu redefined the parameters of supernatural fiction. These five tales represent some of Le Fanu's most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. 'In a Glass Darkly' (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a pioneer psychologist. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was one of the great masters of Victorian of mystery and horror fiction, and can be regarded as the father of the modern ghost story. With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.
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