An edition of The house by the church-yard (1863)
The house by the church-yard
By Sheridan Le Fanu
3.44 (16 Ratings)
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29 Want to read1 Currently reading11 Have read
Publish Date
1870
Publisher
Frederick Warne
Language
eng
Pages
528
Description:
Sheridan Le Fanu's historical mystery novel The House by the Churchyard was written in 1863. A skull unearthed in a churchyard show signs of violent blows to the head and, even more disturbingly, the small hole caused by trepanning. One hundred years before, a coffin is buried secretly, "R.D." the only identification on its brass plague. The House by the Churchyard was a major source of inspiration for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.