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The Murdered CousinBy J. Sheridan Le FanuJoseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was 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. Sheridan Le Fanu was born at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot origins. His parents were Thomas Philip Le Fanu and Emma Lucretia Dobbin. Both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan LeFanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights (his niece Rhoda Broughton would become a successful novelist). Within a year of his birth his family moved to the Royal Hibernian Military School in the Phoenix Park, where his father, a Church of Ireland clergyman,We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.… (meer)
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According to Mr. Bleiler's introduction to Ghost Stories and Mysteries [of J. Sheridan LeFanu, more usually spelled 'Le Fanu'], where I read the story, 'The Murdered Cousin' (1851) is a slightly altered version (name changes are mentioned) of Le Fanu's 1938 story, 'Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess'. The story was expanded into his famous novel, Uncle Silas. This is a classic locked room mystery.
This is a story told about a late Countess' youth. Margaret Tyrrell's father's younger brother, Sir Arthur Tyrrell, was addicted to gambling. He'd lost most of his fortune that way when the rich Hugh Tisdall (a gentleman in name only) was murdered while visiting Sir Arthur. This happened shortly before the countess was born. Sir Arthur was tried only in public opinion, but the scandal has been hard on the family reputation.
The countess' father believed in his brother's innocence, so he left his daughter to Sir Arthur's guardianship after his death. She was 18 years old, but the story takes place when a person was not considered to be a full adult until the age of 21. The will leaves everything to Sir Arthur if the countess died childless. Her father expected her to still be alive after living with her uncle and his family for three years, thus showing how wrong people were to suspect Sir Arthur.
Margaret finds her uncle striking, her cousin Emily a dear companion, and her cousin Edward a jerk. Edward is so clueless as to imagine that his courtship of his rich cousin is being done properly. He can't even tell how much he disgusts her.
Sir Arthur wants Margaret to marry his son. When she refuses, she eventually gets locked in. Her Irish Maid is dismissed and replaced with a rather sinister French maid. Margaret is no longer convinced of her uncle's innocence. How is she to be rescued?
Note:
Sir Giles Overreach (or Over-reach) is the villain in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts,' a 17th century play by Philip Massinger. (After reading a synopsis of the play on Wikipedia, the comparison Margaret makes is understandable.)
The danger is real and well written even though we know the heroine will survive. I suppose it speaks for how familiar Le Fanu expected his readers to be with the Bible in that he quotes from the Book of Proverbs without bothering to state the source. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
'And they lay wait for their own blood: they lurk privily for their own lives. 'So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owner thereof.' [Proverbs, chapter 1, verses 18-19]
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
This story of the Irish peerage is written, as nearly as possible, in the very words in which it was related by its 'heroine,' the late Countess D--, and therefore is told in the first person.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The only being that had ever really loved me, my nearest and dearest friend, ever ready to sympathise, to counsel and to assist; the gayest, the gentlest, the warmest heart; the only creature on earth that cared for me; her life had been the price of my deliverance; and I then uttered the wish, which no event of my long and sorrowful life has taught me to recall, that she had been spared, and that, in her stead, I were mouldering in the grave, forgotten, and at rest.
The Murdered CousinBy J. Sheridan Le FanuJoseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 - 7 February 1873) was 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. Sheridan Le Fanu was born at 45 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot origins. His parents were Thomas Philip Le Fanu and Emma Lucretia Dobbin. Both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan LeFanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights (his niece Rhoda Broughton would become a successful novelist). Within a year of his birth his family moved to the Royal Hibernian Military School in the Phoenix Park, where his father, a Church of Ireland clergyman,We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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This is a story told about a late Countess' youth. Margaret Tyrrell's father's younger brother, Sir Arthur Tyrrell, was addicted to gambling. He'd lost most of his fortune that way when the rich Hugh Tisdall (a gentleman in name only) was murdered while visiting Sir Arthur. This happened shortly before the countess was born. Sir Arthur was tried only in public opinion, but the scandal has been hard on the family reputation.
The countess' father believed in his brother's innocence, so he left his daughter to Sir Arthur's guardianship after his death. She was 18 years old, but the story takes place when a person was not considered to be a full adult until the age of 21. The will leaves everything to Sir Arthur if the countess died childless. Her father expected her to still be alive after living with her uncle and his family for three years, thus showing how wrong people were to suspect Sir Arthur.
Margaret finds her uncle striking, her cousin Emily a dear companion, and her cousin Edward a jerk. Edward is so clueless as to imagine that his courtship of his rich cousin is being done properly. He can't even tell how much he disgusts her.
Sir Arthur wants Margaret to marry his son. When she refuses, she eventually gets locked in. Her Irish Maid is dismissed and replaced with a rather sinister French maid. Margaret is no longer convinced of her uncle's innocence. How is she to be rescued?
Note:
Sir Giles Overreach (or Over-reach) is the villain in "A New Way to Pay Old Debts,' a 17th century play by Philip Massinger. (After reading a synopsis of the play on Wikipedia, the comparison Margaret makes is understandable.)
The danger is real and well written even though we know the heroine will survive. I suppose it speaks for how familiar Le Fanu expected his readers to be with the Bible in that he quotes from the Book of Proverbs without bothering to state the source. (