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Lädt ... In a Glass Darkly (Oxford World's Classics) (Original 1872; 1999. Auflage)von Sheridan Le Fanu
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Old Collection Worth Reading These old short stories are true to the Gothic horror genre. Although written over a century ago, the tales are easily understood and thoroughly enjoyable. My favorite, and the reason I bought this book, was the short story Carmilla which was inspiration for others, like Bram Stoker and his character Dracula. Reason read: TBR takedown, January 2023. Reading 1001 This is a series of short stories and novellas published in 1872. The stories are from the posthumous papers of a fictional occult detective Dr. Martin Hesslius. 1. Green Tea (green tea gives him the ability to 'see' that he is being followed by a demon (monkey). 2. The Familiar involves a sinister owl. 3. Mr. Justice Harbottle - cruel judge, doppelganger, story r/t by letters 4. Novella; The Room in the Dragan Volent; mystery involving catalepsy 5. Camilla: early vampire story. I enjoyed the novellas much more than the short stories. This was wonderful. I enjoyed how each story has a different take on the supernatural occurrences. Some have “scientific” explanations, on the fence between hallucinations and actual spirits. One story only seems to be supernatural to advance the plot. And then, of course, Carmilla is firmly a supernatural story. Spoiler- it’s the best one in this collection. It’s a great example of suspense where the reader knows but the characters don’t. I dropped it down a star for “The Room in the Dragon Volant,” which is not as interesting, is too long and has a clunky and too sudden conclusion Arguably the first great ghost story collection in the Western canon. There is one weaker entry, The Room in the Dragon Volant which is really a gothic mystery not a ghost story, albeit a pretty good one. The chump protagonist Beckett is a classic example of being led by the dick, Victorian sensibilities aside. Carmilla is the first great vampire story, not to mention having a strong lesbian theme that somehow sneaked right by Victorian censors. Green Tea and The Familiar, the latter a story of supernatural revenge, are still chilling after 150 years. The Familiar is somewhat weakened by Le Fanu giving away the revenge motivation in a postscript. Harbottle is fine although its edge has been blunted by the billion similar ghost stories that have come after it. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The book, published in 1872 a year before Le Fanu's death, is named from a passage in Corinthians which speaks of humankind perceiving the world "through a glass darkly." The stories are told from the posthumous writings of an occult detective named Dr Martin Hesselius. In Green Tea a clergyman is being driven mad by an evil demon that takes the ephemeral form of a monkey, but is unseen by others as it burdens the victim's mind with psychological torment. In The Familiar, revised from Le Fanu's The Watcher of 1851, a sea captain is stalked by a dwarf, "The Watcher." Is this strange character from captain's past? In Mr Justice Harbottle a merciless court judge is attacked by vengeful spirits, dreaming he is sentenced to death by a horrific version of himself. The story was revised from 1853's An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street. In The Room in the Dragon Volant, a notable mystery which includes a premature burial theme, an innocent young Englishman in France tries to rescue a mysterious countess from her unbearable situation. Lastly, Carmilla tells the tale of a lesbian vampire. It was a huge influence on Bram Stoker's writing of Dracula and the basis for the films Vampyr in 1932 and The Vampire Lovers in 1970. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Good writing, but not a major "page turner" in my view. ( )