In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3
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About This Book
These three volumes are a collection of five short stories from the imagination of J. Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the greatest authors of Gothic and horror mysteries of his time.
Chapters (36)(click to expand)
- IN A GLASS DARKLY.
- GREEN TEA.
- PROLOGUE. MARTIN HESSELIUS, THE GERMAN PHYSICIAN.
- CHAPTER I. DR. HESSELIUS RELATES HOW HE MET THE REV. MR. JENNINGS.
- CHAPTER II. THE DOCTOR QUESTIONS LADY MARY, AND SHE ANSWERS.
- CHAPTER III. DR. HESSELIUS PICKS UP SOMETHING IN LATIN BOOKS.
- CHAPTER IV. FOUR EYES WERE READING THE PASSAGE.
- CHAPTER V. DOCTOR HESSELIUS IS SUMMONED TO RICHMOND.
- CHAPTER VI. HOW MR. JENNINGS MET HIS COMPANION.
- CHAPTER VII. THE JOURNEY: FIRST STAGE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SECOND STAGE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE THIRD STAGE.
- CHAPTER X. HOME.
- CONCLUSION. A WORD FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER.
- THE FAMILIAR.
- PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I. FOOT-STEPS.
- CHAPTER II. THE WATCHER.
- CHAPTER III. AN ADVERTISEMENT.
- CHAPTER IV. HE TALKS WITH A CLERGYMAN.
- CHAPTER V. MR. BARTON STATES HIS CASE.
- CHAPTER VI. SEEN AGAIN.
- CHAPTER VII. FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER VIII. SOFTENED.
- CHAPTER IX. REQUIESCAT.
- MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE.
- PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I. THE JUDGE’S HOUSE.
- CHAPTER II. MR. PETERS.
- CHAPTER III. LEWIS PYNEWECK.
- CHAPTER IV. INTERRUPTION IN COURT.
- CHAPTER V. CALEB SEARCHER.
- CHAPTER VI. ARRESTED.
- CHAPTER VII. CHIEF JUSTICE TWOFOLD.
- CHAPTER VIII. SOMEBODY HAS GOT INTO THE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE JUDGE LEAVES HIS HOUSE.
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