Green Tea, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Green Tea, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Green Tea

Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/10/2015

Synopsis

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era.

Green Tea is an iconic Gothic horror story which tells the story of a tea-drinking clergyman, haunted by a terrifying black monkey, which follows him wherever he goes, urging him to dreadful deeds and blighting his life in every way.

The case is related by the erudite Dr. Martin Hesselius, a German doctor whom the clergyman had consulted.

About Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer best known for his horror fiction. A meticulous craftsman Le Fanu was a master of tone and effect, rather than “shock horror”, and frequently reworked plots and ideas from his earlier short stories for his novels, which also included Gothic fiction and mysteries. A leading writer of the Victorian era, his most popular works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ronald

Green Tea and Other Weird Stories is an excellent collection of the finer tales of J. Sheridan Le Fanu. This Oxford World's Classics edition has an inciteful introduction to Le Fanu and his work by Aaron Worth. The bountiful notes are elucidating, informative and to the point, unlike some other anno......more

Goodreads review by Jacqui

Overall excellent collection of Gothic/horror/ghost stories. This was my first time reading Le Fanu and I was impressed by how creepy some of his stories were, even 150 years later. “Carmilla” was, of course, a standout, but so were many of his other works I had no prior knowledge of. One I found pa......more

Goodreads review by Jed

Well-edited, with an outstanding introduction and detailed end-notes, this is an ideal introduction to Le Fanny’s short fiction and includes much of his best work. My only quibble is the inclusion of every tale from “In a Glass Darkly,” already available in another Oxford edition: leaving out “Drago......more

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