Quote of the day
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
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