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Le Fanu [ˈlɛfənjuː] n (Biographies / Le Fanu, (Joseph) Sheridan (1814-1873) M, Irish, WRITING: writer) (Joseph) Sheridan. 1814-73, Irish writer, best known for his stories of mystery and the supernatural, esp Uncle Silas (1864) and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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REVIEWING Ian Robinson's The English Prophets: A Critical Defence of English Criticism (2001) in The Cambridge Quarterly (2002), Mark Le Fanu writes: Le Fanu uses merely a shadow of a presence, lightly drawn and nebulous, to haunt the main character into cataleptic death. James le Fanu of London, there's nothing wrong with "discriminating against those [patients] with the least chances of survival in favor of those with the best. |
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