The Familiar

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu gave life to the modern ghost story style and inspired the genre's most famous contributor, M. R. James. Gathered together for the first time are Le Fanu's complete ghost stories in 30 extraordinary recordings. A manuscript from the archive of the Rev. Francis Purcell, an Irish country priest whose interests include the collecting of unsettling reminiscences. In this tale, a naval captain finds himself relentlessly pursued by a mysterious and unnerving entity.