Checkmate.

Publisher Marketing: Title: Checkmate. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Le fanu, Joseph Sheridan; 1871. 3 vol.; 8 . 12628.i.8. Contributor Bio:  Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Comme plusieurs de ses compatriotes ecrivains, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu n'est connu en France que pour un seul de ses romans: "Carmilla", roman gothique flamboyant. Etudiant en droit a Trinity College de 1833 a 1837, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu est appele au barreau irlandais deux ans plus tard, mais il n'y exercera jamais. Il rejoint l'equipe du "Dublin University Magazine" en 1837 et debute sa carriere comme journaliste. En 1843, il epouse Susanna Bennett dont le deces, dix ans plus tard, le plonge dans la depression. Vivant reclus, il se lance alors a corps perdu dans l'ecriture de ses histoires d'horreur, a tel point que sa timidite et son mode de vie nocturne lui valent le surnom de Prince Invisible. Il disparait le 7 fevrier 1873. J. Sheridan Le Fanu est l'un des ecrivains les plus populaires de l'ere victorienne: il s'impose comme le maitre des histoires de fantomes et du roman gothique avec "Oncle Silas" (1864, Corti, 1997), "Comment ma cousine a ete assassinee" (Mille et une nuits, 2002) et "Carmilla" (1872, Zulma, 2005).