| Title | : | Wicked Captain Walshawe |
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| Author | : | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Release | : | 2018-02-16 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Wicked Captain Walshawe | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the 19th century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. 'Wicked Captain Walshawe' is a disquieting ghost story. Captain Walshawe, a dissolute rake, marries a wealthy heiress as a means to pay off his gambling debts. The marriage is an unhappy one on account if his dreadful behavior. When his wife dies, her old Irish servant casts a curse on Walshawe...which years later leads to a bizarre and totally inexplicable scene after the captain's own death. A Red Door Consulting production. |
