The Invisible Prince
Sheridan LeFanu is a fascinating figure in Irish Literature - an early and highly influential Gothic writer who led a life tinged with madness and solitude. Here Valeria Cavalli returns to LeFanu's dining room to tell the story of his life in this house and the impact this had on him. Valeria is an Italian PHD student, preparing her thesis on LeFanu's depiction of madness.
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Sheridan LeFanu's most famous works include 'In A Glass Darkly', 'Carmilla', and 'Uncle Silas'. His family are descended from the Huguenots who fled to Ireland in the 18th century. Despite training in Law and succeeding to the bar in Trinity college, he failed to pursue the career of a lawyer, and chose instead to enter journalism and fiction. With constant financial troubles, he ran a series of newspapers in Dublin, which he often used to publish his work in serial form. Through the magic of the internet, many of his works are now available for free online and on ebook here http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/272. If you have never checked out his work before, it is a genuine treat and an utterly different kind of Irish literature.
