Title: The house by the church-yard
First published: 1863
Description: Sheridan Le Fanu's historical mystery novel The House by the Churchyard was written in 1863. A skull unearthed in a churchyard show signs of violent blows to the head and, even more disturbingly, the small hole caused by trepanning. One hundred years before, a coffin is buried secretly, "R.D." the only identification on its brass plague. The House by the Churchyard was a major source of inspiration for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
Subjects: Ireland in fiction, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Classic Literature, Mystery, English literature, Fiction, religious, Fiction, horror
Places: Ireland