First published anonymously in 1845, Le Fanu’s first novel is set in Dublin in the early eighteenth century. The young Mary Ashwoode is pressed by her ruthless father and brother to marry for their profit, while the honest Edmund O’Connor loves her, and the Cock and Anchor tavern sees plots, duels and gambling debts.
Historical romance from the future master of the Victorian ghost story, illustrated by his son. Download the free EPUB.