Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Sheridan Le Fanu
Born: August 28, 1814
Died: February 7, 1873 (aged 58)
Bio: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R.
Known for:
- Carmilla (1872)
- Uncle Silas (1864)
- In a Glass Darkly (1872)
- The House by the Churchyard (1863)
- Madam Crowl's ghost