In a Glass Darkly
1872 collection of five short stories by Sheridan Le Fanu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Agatha Christie story, see The Regatta Mystery.
In a Glass Darkly is a collection of five stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death. The second and third stories are revised versions of previously published stories. The first three stories are short stories, and the fourth and fifth are long enough to be called novellas (the fourth is over 44,500 words long, and the fifth is over 27,500 words long).
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Author | Sheridan Le Fanu |
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Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Genre | Gothic horror, mystery |
Publisher | Richard Bentley & Son |
Publication date | 1872 |
Media type | Paperback, Hardback |
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The title is an allusion to 1 Corinthians 13:12, a Biblical passage which describes humanity as perceiving the world "through a glass, darkly".