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What if the thing that follows you is invisible to everyone else?
In Green Tea & Mr. Justice Harbottle, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu brings horror into private lives. Reverend Mr. Jennings, a gentle London clergyman, finds himself followed by a small black monkey with glowing eyes. No one else can see it. Dr. Martin Hesselius listens to his account, seeking answers at the border of mind and spirit.
Mr. Justice Harbottle trusts his rank, wealth, and power. But the cruel judge faces sounds, glimpses, and the growing sense that someone watches him. The memory of Lewis Pyneweck, a man he sentences to death, presses close. Presented as cases from Hesselius's papers, these tales set a good man's torment beside a bad man's fear.
What you’ll discover
- A quiet life invaded Follow Jennings as an unseen presence turns his solitary London life into a source of dread.
- Power shadowed by guilt Watch Harbottle's confidence meet the troubling memory of a man condemned by his own judgment.
- The doctor's searching eye Explore strange cases with Hesselius, whose questions reach across the border between mind and spirit.
- Horror close to home Find fear inside ordinary houses, where private troubles deepen without castles or storms.
- Two sides of haunting Consider whether these terrors come from outside their victims or rise within their minds.
Who will love it
For readers who love candle-lit ghost stories, shadowy old houses and puzzles of the mind. If Victorian atmosphere, haunted rooms and a shiver at bedtime appeal to you, these two tales suit you well.
What’s inside
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- A physician of the soul takes up a case
- Old books and a private prayer hint at fear
- The monkey first appears in an omnibus
- The haunting interrupts work and prayer
- A hanging judge meets a stranger in the street
- A letter arrives from a court that never rises
- The Judge searches for an ordinary explanation
Who’s who
- Dr. Martin HesseliusA wandering German physician who studies the link between mind, nerves and spirit, and who tells the first tale in letters.
- Reverend Mr. JenningsA gentle, shy clergyman whose health fails whenever he tries to serve his parish, and who hides a private torment.
- Lady Mary HeydukeA kind friend and neighbour of Jennings who thinks him the happiest of men and trusts his advice.
- Judge HarbottleA fierce, gouty hanging judge who loves punch and power and receives a summons from a strange court.
- Lewis PyneweckA thin grocer from Shrewsbury, charged with forgery, who stands before the Judge and has an old score to settle.
- Mrs. Flora CarwellThe Judge's saucy housekeeper, secretly the wife of Pyneweck, who has a little daughter.
- Chief Justice TwofoldThe thunderous judge of the High Court of Appeal, who looks like Harbottle made twice as large.
- MargeryMrs. Carwell's little daughter, who wanders the Judge's house and sees a strange man inside his sedan-chair.
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A quiet clergyman sees a small black monkey no one else can see, and a judge receives a summons from a mysterious court.
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What if the thing that follows you cannot be seen by anyone else? These two ghost stories are by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
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A physician of the soul takes up a case
The first tale comes from the papers of Dr. Martin Hesselius, a German physician who treats troubles of the spirit as well as of the body. His secretary cares for the papers after his death. Hesselius writes in letters to his friend Professor Van Loo, and sometimes returns to a case with a scientist's analysis after telling its story.
In London he meets the Reverend Mr. Jennings at the house of Lady Mary Heyduke. Jennings is tall, kind and shy, a bachelor with a comfortable fortune. Yet his health fails whenever he leads the service at his church in Kenlis. More than once he has stopped in the middle of prayers, pale and trembling, and fled to the vestry. Hesselius also notices that Jennings glances along the carpet, as if something were moving there.
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What is Green Tea by Le Fanu about?
A clergyman, Mr. Jennings, tells a physician that a small black monkey follows him everywhere and that no one else can see it. The tale follows the doctor's attempt to understand and cure the haunting.
Who is Dr. Martin Hesselius?
He is an invented German physician who studies what he calls metaphysical medicine, the meeting of mind, nerves and spirit. His secretary presents his case notes, and he links both stories in this book.
What does the green tea mean in the story?
Jennings drinks green tea often to sharpen his mind while writing late at night, but makes it at an ordinary strength. Hesselius later names such habits as one thing that can upset the nervous system and open the way to visions.
The author
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1814–1873 · Irish Gothic novelist
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer born in Dublin in 1814. He lived in Ireland and died in Dublin in 1873. He wrote Gothic tales, mystery novels, and ghost stories. His novels include Uncle Silas, published in 1864, and The Wyvern Mystery, published in 1869.
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