The house by the church-yard
About this book
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.
Subjects
- classic literature
- english literature
- fiction
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, horror
- fiction, mystery & detective, general
- fiction, religious
- ireland in fiction
- mystery