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’The House by the Cemetery’ is a Gothic novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, telling about the mysterious and eerie events that take place in an old mansion next to a cemetery. The story begins in the village of Chapelizod, not far from Dublin. In 1810, a human skull with a bullet hole is found in the local cemetery. The story is told from the point of view of Charles de Cresseron, an accidental witness to this find. As the story progresses, more and more details of the frightening events of the past are revealed to the reader.
The novel has a complex structure – several plot lines are skillfully woven into one. ’The House by the Cemetery’ attracts with an atmosphere of horror and tension, masterfully created by Le Fanu, and reveals the themes of fear, betrayal and deception.
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