The House by the Church-yard
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · December 28, 2012
The novel begins with a prologue in the voice of an old man, Charles de Cresseron, that is set in Chapelizod, Ireland, roughly a century after the events of the novel proper.
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- Who it’s for
- A strange discovery in an Irish churchyard opens a door onto gothic unease and unanswered questions.
- Genres
- Gothic Romance, Horror, Historical Mystery
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 28, 2012
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The novel begins with a prologue in the voice of an old man, Charles de Cresseron, that is set in Chapelizod, Ireland, roughly a century after the events of the novel proper. This prologue details how, during an interment at the churchyard of the title, a skull is accidentally unearthed, which bears the marks of two crushing blows to the head and-- even more disconcertingly-- a small hole from a trepanning.
A Grave Discovery
A strange discovery in an Irish churchyard opens a door onto gothic unease and unanswered questions.
Come here for
- An old man’s prologue and a churchyard skull marked by violence
- Gothic unease with a mystery at its center
Expect
- A frame story that begins roughly a century after the novel’s events
- A macabre clue: a skull bearing two blows and a trepanning hole
Where it sits
| Gothic Romance | 83% |
|---|---|
| Horror | 40% |
| Historical Mystery | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Gothic Romance
- 20th-Century Historical Romance
- Authors
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Gothic Romance