{"product_id":"in-a-glass-darkly-paperback-4","title":"In a Glass Darkly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheridan Le Fanu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Stuart Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDavid Stuart Davies\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction by David Stuart Davies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoseph 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. \u003cem\u003eIn a Glass Darkly\u003c\/em\u003e (1872), one of his most celebrated volumes, purports to be the casebook of Dr Hesselius, a pioneer psychologist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese five tales represent some of Le Fanu's most accomplished work, which rises above the staid conventions of the age. Although drawing on Gothic conventions - the book features both ghosts and vampires - Le Fanu redefined the parameters of supernatural fiction. He had little interest in the crude depiction of other worldly phenomena in order to provide the reader with a pleasurable frisson of fear. 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. R. James.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is an indispensable cornerstone of modern horror and remains one of the finest collections of unsettling fiction in the language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730105438271,"sku":"9781840225525","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/de76141199b12c7cd2fee799e0aff748.webp?v=1765124832","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/in-a-glass-darkly-paperback-4","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}