The House by the Church-Yard Illustrated

By: Le Fanu, J. Sheridan

The House by the Churchyard (1863) is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Aside from its own merits, the novel is important as a key source for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. The novel begins with a prologue in the voice of an old man, Charles de Cresseron, that is set in Chapelizod, Ireland, roughly a century after the events of the novel proper. This prologue details how, during an interment at the churchyard of the title, a skull is accidentally unearthed, which bears the marks of two crushing blows to the head and - even more disconcertingly - a small hole from a trepanning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08GLQXP15
• ISBN13: 9798679042865
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 808 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"