Name: Green Tea
SKU: 61272382
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Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Type

Physical Book

Author

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

118

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x0.6 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN13

9781540476685

Synopsis "Green Tea"

Ayant abusé du thé vert pour clarifier son esprit lors de l'écriture d'un livre érudit, le révérend Jennings est régulièrement harcelé par la présence d'un démon prenant l'apparence d'un petit singe et que lui seul peut voir. Le singe monta alors sur une petite table qui se trouvait là. Il avait l'air déconcerté, languissant. Craignant confusément de le voir bondir, je le tins sous mon regard. Il avait les yeux à demi fermés, mais il me contemplait toujours. Quelle que soit la situation, quelle que soit l'heure, il est toujours éveillé, toujours il me surveille... Il est aussi visible dans l'obscurité totale qu'à la lumière du jour, son corps tout entier apparaît dans un halo qui ressemble au rougeoiement des braises, et qui l'accompagne dans tous ses mouvements.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer born on August 28, 1814 in Dublin, and who died on February 7, 1873 in the same city. He is best known for his mystery and horror stories. Coming from a family of Huguenot origin, his father was a pastor in various Protestant localities. Joseph studied Law at Trinity College, where he was appointed auditor of the University's History Society. He never practiced law, dedicating himself to journalism. In 1838, he began publishing stories in the Dublin University Magazine; and from 1940 he took control of several newspapers. In 1844, he married Susanna Bennett, with whom he had four children. Gradually, he became involved in politics due to his campaign against the British government's indifference to the Irish famine, but his personal life was complicated due to his wife's illness, who suffered from anxiety attacks and an advanced neurosis that apparently cost her life in 1858. Le Fanu stopped writing, tormented by the death of his wife, and did not do so again until the death of his mother in 1861, supported by his cousin, Lady Gifford, with whom he maintained correspondence until her death. Upon becoming the owner of the Dublin University Magazine, he took the opportunity to publish his novels in serial form in this magazine. Although due to the demands of editors and his readers he wrote stories and novels following the British fashions of the time, in his last stories he returned to Irish folklore as a source of inspiration.

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