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A collection of linked tales presented through letters, journals, and clinical notes that examine uncanny events and mental disturbance. The narratives juxtapose calm, observational detail with moments of creeping horror, mixing medical reasoning and metaphysical speculation to leave explanations deliberately unsettled. Recurring motifs include oppressive presences, sudden incapacitation, and ambiguous evidence that prompts readers to question whether phenomena are supernatural or psychogenic. The restrained gothic atmosphere, subtle irony, and attuned focus on isolation and guilt emphasize the limits of rational inquiry when confronted with experiences that resist easy classification.

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Title: In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3

Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Release date: August 23, 2011 [eBook #37172]
Most recently updated: January 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Andrea Ball, Christine Bell & Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN A GLASS DARKLY, V. 1/3 ***

IN A GLASS DARKLY.

BY
J. SHERIDAN LE FANU,
AUTHOR OF “UNCLE SILAS,” &C.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
R. BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
1872.

TO

BRINSLEY HOMAN, ESQ.

THESE VOLUMES ARE INSCRIBED,

WITH MUCH AFFECTION,

BY HIS OLD FRIEND

THE AUTHOR.


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In a Glass Darkly.