Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 222 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan 1814 1873 LeFanu, J. S. (Joseph Sheridan) Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, J. S. le J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 The Haunted Baronet (1871) E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Andrea Ball, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a collection of ghost stories likely written in the late 19th century. This volume, opening with "The Haunted Baronet," sets the stage in the picturesque village of Golden Friars, shrouded in mystery and supernatural occurrences, particularly revolving around the troubled lives of local inhabitants and the secrets they harbor. The opening portion introduces readers to the charming yet eerie setting of Golden Friars, primarily featuring the George and Dragon inn, where a group of local patrons discusses the impending return of Sir Bale Mardykes, a man linked to a tragic past involving a drowned woman and her child. The narratives unravel the intertwining fates of Sir Bale, Philip Feltram—an illegitimate descendant of a lost noble lineage—and unsettling tales of ghostly apparitions connected to the lake nearby. As the story progresses, feelings of dread and foreboding linger, setting in motion a series of events that will clash with the ghostly past that haunts both the characters and the landscape, hinting toward themes of guilt, retribution, and the supernatural's infiltration into daily life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Ghost stories PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: British Literature 325797 2025-08-05T09:16:54.550628 text/html 306711 2024-10-28T18:53:12 text/html 269789 2025-08-05T09:17:02.023607 application/epub+zip 273710 2025-08-05T09:16:57.690640 application/epub+zip 196088 2025-08-05T09:16:56.355679 application/epub+zip 450495 2025-08-05T09:17:05.168578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431464 2025-08-05T09:17:01.242589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351602 2022-09-06T04:51:00.763179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303554 2025-08-05T09:16:53.537617 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283659 2024-10-28T18:53:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16584 2025-08-05T09:17:05.299570 application/rdf+xml 14783 2025-08-05T09:16:56.940651 image/jpeg 3547 2025-08-05T09:16:56.639611 image/jpeg 262284 2025-08-05T09:16:54.584623 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia