Project Gutenberg 2008-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 157 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan 1814 1873 LeFanu, J. S. (Joseph Sheridan) Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J. Sheridan Le Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir 1839 1887 A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales Dickon the devil -- A debt of honor -- Devereux's dream -- Catherine's quest -- Haunted -- Pichon and sons, of the Croix Rousse -- The phantom fourth -- The spirit's whisper -- Dr. Feversham's story -- The secret of the two plaster casts -- What was it? Produced by Suzanne Shell, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu and Sir Charles Young is a collection of ghost stories written in the late 19th century. The work delves into supernatural themes, featuring eerie tales filled with unusual characters and unsettling events. Each story unveils a new aspect of the uncanny, ranging from haunted locations to ghostly encounters, capturing the reader's imagination and sense of dread. The opening of the book introduces a character who is traveling to a deserted estate, Barwyke Hall, to settle a property matter for two wealthy heirs. As he journeys through the picturesque yet unsettling landscape of Lancashire, he encounters an innkeeper who hints at local legends surrounding the house. Upon arriving, the narrator finds Barwyke Hall neglected and shadowed by a dark lake that recalls ominous childhood stories. The tension heightens as he hears tales of the long-deceased owner and an unsettling figure known as "Dickon the Devil," whose strange behavior and connection to the estate evoke a sense of foreboding that sets the tone for the chilling narratives to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 396834 396844 2024-09-11T09:26:37.717745 2023-09-12T03:42:14.783999 text/html text/html 407964 2008-08-28T07:47:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 905265 2008-08-28T07:49:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 943251 2024-09-11T09:26:43.733697 application/epub+zip 944141 2024-09-11T09:26:38.773732 application/epub+zip 230756 2024-09-11T09:26:38.238786 application/epub+zip 1060217 2024-09-11T09:26:47.838675 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1023172 2024-09-11T09:26:43.107744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313026 2022-09-12T09:38:57.533485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361919 2024-09-11T09:26:37.020765 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 366172 2008-08-28T07:47:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 140312 2008-08-28T07:49:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 361759 2008-08-28T07:48:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139609 2008-08-28T07:49:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 361748 2008-08-28T07:48:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139493 2008-08-28T07:49:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22461 2024-09-11T09:26:47.984671 application/rdf+xml 18094 2024-09-11T09:26:38.330768 image/jpeg 2521 2024-09-11T09:26:38.286729 image/jpeg 904652 2024-09-11T09:26:37.774759 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia