In a Glass Darkly

Sheridan Le Fanu

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Five cases from the papers of occult doctor Martin Hesselius, including Green Tea, The Room in the Dragon Volant, and the original Carmilla. Published in 1872, it is the cornerstone of Irish gothic short fiction.

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