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All in the Dark

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

The story revolves around William Maubray, an orphan who is dependent on his aunt, Miss Dinah Perfect, living at the rather dull Gilroyd Hall during his school holidays.

"All in the Dark" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a novel. The story revolves around William Maubray, an orphan who is dependent on his aunt, Miss Dinah Perfect, living at the rather dull Gilroyd Hall during his school holidays.

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Near the ancient and pretty village of Saxton, with its gabled side to the road, stands an old red-brick house of moderate dimensions, called Gilroyd Hall, with some tall elms of very old date about it; and an ancient, brick walled garden, overtopping the road with standard fruit-trees, that have quite outgrown the common stature of such timber, and have acquired a sylvan and venerable appearance.

Here dwelt my aunt, an old maid, Miss Dinah Perfect by name; and here my Cousin William Maubray, the nephew whom she had in effect adopted, used to spend his holidays.

I shall have a good deal to say of her by-and-by, though my story chiefly concerns William Maubray, who was an orphan, and very nearly absolutely dependent upon the kindness of his aunt. Her love was true, but crossed and ruffled now and then by temper and caprice. Not an ill temper was hers, but whimsical and despotic, and excited oftenest upon the absurdities which she liked letting into her active and perverse little head, which 2must have been the proper nidus of all odd fancies, they so prospered and multiplied there.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I.
  2. 02Chapter II.
  3. 03Chapter III.
  4. 04Chapter IV.
  5. 05Chapter V.
  6. 06Chapter VI.
  7. 07Chapter VII.
  8. 08Chapter VIII.
  9. 09Chapter IX.
  10. 10Chapter X.
  11. 11Chapter XI.
  12. 12Chapter XII.
  13. 13Chapter XIII.
  14. 14Chapter XIV.
  15. 15Chapter XV.
  16. 16Chapter XVI.
  17. 17Chapter XVII.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII.
  19. 19Chapter XIX.
  20. 20Chapter XX.
  21. 21Chapter XXI.
  22. 22Chapter XXII.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV.
  25. 25Chapter XXV.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX.
  30. 30Chapter XXX.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII.
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX.
  40. 40Chapter XL.
  41. 41Chapter XLI.
  42. 42Chapter XLII.
  43. 43Chapter XLIII.
  44. 44Chapter XLIV.
  45. 45Chapter XLV.
  46. 46Chapter XLVI.
  47. 47Chapter XLVII.
  48. 48Chapter XLVIII.
  49. 49Chapter XLIX.
  50. 50Chapter L.
  51. 51Chapter LI.
  52. 52Chapter LII.
  53. 53Chapter LIII.
  54. 54Chapter LIV.
  55. 55Chapter LV.
  56. 56Chapter LVI.
  57. 57Chapter LVII.
  58. 58Chapter LVIII.
  59. 59Chapter LIX.
  60. 60Chapter LX.

About this edition

Author
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
316 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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