tailieunhanh - ultor de lacy a legend of cappercullenle fanu joseph sheridanpublished 1861

About Le Fanu: Sheridan Le Fanu was born at No. 45 Lower Dominick Steet, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot origins. Both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights. His niece Rhoda Broughton would become a very successful novelist. Within a year of his birth his family moved to the Royal Hibernian Military School in Phoenix Park, where his father, an Anglican clergyman, was the chaplain of the establishment. Phoenix Park and the adjacent village and parish church of Chapelizod were to feature in Le Fanu's later stories. Le Fanu studied law. | Ultor De Lacy A Legend of Cappercullen Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Published 1861 Categorie s Fiction Occult Supernatural Supernatural Creatures Ghost Horror Short Stories Source http 1 About Le Fanu Sheridan Le Fanu was born at No. 45 Lower Dominick Steet Dublin into a literary family of Huguenot origins. Both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights. His niece Rhoda Broughton would become a very successful novelist. Within a year of his birth his family moved to the Royal Hibernian Military School in Phoenix Park where his father an Anglican clergyman was the chaplain of the establishment. Phoenix Park and the adjacent village and parish church of Chapelizod were to feature in Le Fanu s later stories. Le Fanu studied law at Trinity College in Dublin where he was elected Auditor of the College Historical Society. He was called to the bar in 1839 but he never practised and soon abandoned law for journalism. In 1838 he began contributing stories to the Dublin University Magazine including his first ghost story entitled A Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter 1839 . He became owner of several newspapers from 1840 including the Dublin Evening Mail and the Warder. In 1844 Le Fanu married Susanna Bennett the daughter of a leading Dublin barrister. In 1847 he supported John Mitchell and Thomas Meagher in their campaign against the indifference of the Government to the Irish Famine. His support cost him the nomination as Tory MP for County Carlow in 1852. His personal life also became difficult at this time as his wife Susanna suffered from increasing neurotic symptoms. She died in 1858 in unclear circumstances and anguished excerpts from Le Fanu s diaries suggest that he felt guilt as well as loss. However it was only after her death that becoming something of a recluse he devoted himself full time to writing. In 1861 he became the editor and proprietor of the Dublin University Magazine .