How marvellously lie our anxieties, in filmy layers, one ov… - Sheridan Le Fanu

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How marvellously lie our anxieties, in filmy layers, one over the other! Take away that which has lain on the upper surface for so long – the care of cares – the only one, as it seemed to you, between your soul and the radiance of Heaven – and straight you find a new stratum there.

Sheridan Le Fanu

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Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (24 August, 1814 – 7 February, 1873) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and journalist, now mainly remembered for his ghost stories and his mystery novel Uncle Silas.

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Birth Name: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu

Alternative Names: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu • J. Sheridan Le Fanu • Charles de Cresserons Francis Purcell, Reverend

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