Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, born on the 28th of August 1814 in Dublin, Ireland, is esteemed as a foundational figure in Victorian ghost stories and mystery novels. Emanating from a literary family—his great-uncle was playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan—Le Fanu cultivated a style that skillfully combined the supernatural with a keen psychological insight, often unveiling the anxieties of his era (Wri...