Publisher's Synopsis
An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by J. Sheridan Le Fanu This fictional short story is told through the eyes of Dick, a medical student who moves with his cousin Tom into his uncle's unoccupied house on Aungier Street, somewhere in Dublin. After moving in, two young men learn that the house was once occupied by a Judge who hung himself over the railing of the staircase. Dick and Tom begin having nightmares in which they are visited by mysterious floating portraits and the ghost of the judge. On multiple occasions Dick is awoken during the night by footsteps descending from the attic. Upon leaving his room to investigate, he comes upon a "black monster...with great greenish eyes" one night and a "monstrous grey rat" another night. Tom has similarly horrific experiences, so the two decide to move out. At the end of the story readers learn ironically appropriate fate of the house: it was burned down by a demented doctor, then rebuilt and inhabited by an undertaker, someone who prepares dead bodies for funerals. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.