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. Three of his best known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

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The Wyvern Mystery Vol. 1 (1869)

The Wyvern Mystery Vol. 2 (1869)

The Wyvern Mystery Vol. 3 (1869)

Wylder's Hand (1864)

A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family (1839)

The Murdered Cousin (1851)

The Watcher (1851)

The Room In The Dragon Volant (1872)

The House by the Church-Yard (1904)

The Familiar (1872)

Willing to Die (1876)

Wicked Captain Walshawe, Of Wauling (1869)

The Evil Guest (1895)

Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872)

An Account of Some Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853)

Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery (1923)

Haunted Lives (1869)

Checkmate (1871)

A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales (1896)

The Wyvern Mystery Vol. 1 (1869)

After eloping with the son of her repulsive guardian, a beautiful young woman is terrorized by an evil presence in her remote country house--and then the situation worsens...

A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family (1839)

which may have influenced Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. This story was later reworked and expanded by Le Fanu as The Wyvern Mystery (1869).

The Watcher (1851)

A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past.

The Familiar (1872)

A sea captain, living in Dublin, is stalked by "The Watcher", a strange dwarf who resembles a person from his past. He starts to hear accusatory voices all about him, and eventually his fears solidify in the form of a sinister bird, a pet owl owned by his fiancée, Miss Montague.

Willing to Die (1876)

The author's last work, published posthumously.