"I know there is a God — a dreadful God — and that retribution follows guilt." — "The Watcher"
Like matched duelling pistols, Reminiscences of a Bachelor offers the most exquisite balance of craftsmanship, beauty, and peril. In these tales of Old Dublin, honour is ever at stake, the fate of lovers lies mired in the past, and something even worse than deceit stalks the streets, something just as deadly to the soul as it is to the flesh.
Contents
"Introduction"
Matthew Holness
"Prologue"
"The Watcher"
"The Fatal Bride"
"From an Ancient Leathern Armchair:
Some Comments on the Bachelor"
Jim Rockhill & Brian J. Showers
"A Note on 'The Watcher' "
Jim Rockhill & Brian J. Showers
"Acknowledgements"
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dublin on 28 August 1814. Though he worked as a journalist and owned several newspapers, he is now best remembered for his pioneering tales of the psychological and supernatural such as “Schalken the Painter”, “Green Tea”, and “Carmilla”. His notable novels include The House by the Church-yard (1863) and Uncle Silas (1864). Le Fanu’s seminal short story collection In a Glass Darkly was published in 1872, less than a year before his death on 7 February 1873.
Matthew Holness is a film and television director. He co-created the Channel 4 series Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, and has recently written and directed A Gun For George (Film4) and The Snipist (Sky Arts Playhouse). www.matthewholness.com
