<영어로 읽는 고전 공포소설 : 파뉘의 와이번 미스터리 >
Wyvern Mystery는 숨막히는 공포, 낭만적인 동화, 심리 스릴러, 풍부한 시대극의 모든 요소를 결합하여 매력적인 이야기로 1869년에 출간되었다.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu는 고딕 이야기와 미스터리 소설의 아일랜드 작가다. 그는 19세기 최고의 유령 이야기 작가였으며 빅토리아 시대 장르의 발전에 중심적인 역할을 했다. M.R. James는 Le Fanu를 "유령 이야기 작가로서 절대적으로 일류"라고 평가했다. 그의 가장 잘 알려진 세 작품은 Uncle Silas, Carmilla 및 The House by the Churchyard다.


The Wyvern Mystery was published in 1869 as a gripping tale that combines all elements of breathtaking horror, romantic fairy tale, psychological thriller, and rich period drama.
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu is an Irish author of gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the foremost ghost story writer of the 19th century and played a central role in the development of the Victorian era genre. M.R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely first-rate as a ghost story writer". His three best known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

요약
어린 앨리스 메이벨이 고아가 되었을 때 그녀는 늠름한 두 아들 찰스와 해리를 둔 홀아비인 스콰이어 페어필드에게 입양된다. 앨리스가 아름다운 젊은 여성으로 꽃을 피울 때 그녀는 그녀와 함께 사는 남자 중 한 명이 아닌 두 명의 관심을 받게 된다. 그러나 이어지는 더없는 행복은 그녀가 페어필드 가문의 과거의 어두운 비밀과 현재의 사악한 야망에 휘말려 있음을 알게 되면서 오래가지 못하게 되는데…

Summary
When young Alice Maybell becomes her orphan, she is adopted by Squire Fairfield, a widower with her two dashing sons, Charles and Harry. When her Alice blossoms into a beautiful young woman, she gets the attention of not one but two of the men she lives with. However, her subsequent bliss is short-lived as she learns that she is caught up in the dark secrets of her Fairfield family past and the sinister ambitions of her present...

CONTENTS

I. ALICE MAYBELL
II. THE VALE OF CARWELL
III. THE GRANGE
IV. THE OLD SQUIRE AND ALICE MAYBELL
V. THE TERRACE GARDEN
VI. THE OLD SQUIRE UNLIKE HIMSELF
VII. THE SQUIRE’S ELDEST SON COMES HOME
VIII. NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH
IX. IN WHICH THE SQUIRE LOSES HIS GOLD-HEADED CANE
X. THE DRIVE OVER CRESSLEY COMMON BY MOONLIGHT
XI. HOME
XII. THE OMEN OF CARWELL GRANGE
XIII. AN INSPECTION OF CARWELL GRANGE
XIV. A LETTER
XV. HARRY ARRIVES
XVI. A PARTY OF THREE
XVII. MILDRED TARNLEY’S WARNING STORY
XVIII. THE BROTHERS’ WALK
XIX. COMING IN
XX. HARRY APPEARS AT THE GRANGE
XXI. HARRY’S BEER AND CONVERSATION
XXII. THE TROUT
XXIII. THE VISITOR
XXIV. THE SUMMONS
XXV. LILLY DOGGER IS SENT TO BED
XXVI. THE LADY HAS HER TEA
XXVII. THROUGH THE HOUSE
XXVIII. THE BELL RINGS
XXIX. TOM IS ORDERED UP
XXX. THE OLD SOLDIER GROWS MORE FRIENDLY, AND FRIGHTENS MRS. TARNLEY
XXXI. NEWS FROM CRESSLEY COMMON
XXXII. AN UNLOOKED-FOR RETURN
XXXIII. CHARLES FAIRFIELD ALONE
XXXIV. AWAKE
XXXV. RESTLESS
XXXVI. THROUGH THE WALL
XXXVII. A MESSENGER
XXXVIII. UNREASONABLE BERTHA
XXXIX. AN ABDUCTION
XL. PURSUIT
XLI. DAY?TWILIGHT?DARKNESS
XLII. HATHERTON
XLIII. THE WELCOME
XLIV. THE WYKEFORD DOCTOR
XLV. SPEECH RETURNS
XLVI. HARRY DRINKS A GLASS AND SPILLS A GLASS
XLVII. HOME TO WYVERN
XLVIII. A TWILIGHT VISIT
XLIX. THE HEIR OF THE FAIRFIELDS
L. BERTHA VELDERKAUST
LI. SERGEANT-MAJOR ARCHDALE
LII. A TALK WITH THE SQUIRE
LIII. HARRY FAIRFIELD GROWS UNEASY
LIV. A DRIVE TO TWYFORD
LV. HOW FARES THE CHILD?
LVI. THE OLD SQUIRE LEAVES WYVERN
LVII. MARJORY TREVELLIAN
LVIII. THE ENCHANTED GARDEN
LIX. AN OLD FRIEND
LX. TOM ORANGE
LXI. THE HOUR AND THE MAN
LXII. THE MARCH TO NOULTON FARM
LXIII. A SILENT FAREWELL
LXIV. THE MARCH BY NIGHT
CONCLUSION