"The Wyvern Mystery" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a late 1800s story about Alice Maybell, a young woman returning to her family's estate, Wyvern, after visiting her aunt, which weaves a web of love and family expectations. The narrative hints at conflicts between Alice, the brooding Squire Fairfield, and a mysterious figure named Ry, setting the stage for romance and mystery. As Alice grapples with unspoken anxieties about her life at Wyvern, the arrival of the Squire's sons adds layers of complexity, promising a tale of hidden passions, guarded secrets, and a young woman's struggle to find her place in a world full of unclear, and even unsettling, expectations. All laying the groundwork for a mystery involving her relationships and the power struggles on the estate.
The Wyvern mystery
By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A young woman's return to her ancestral home ignites a whirlwind of hidden desires, family secrets, and a looming mystery that threatens to consume everything she holds dear.
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About the AuthorJoseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.
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