Short Fiction · Character
Fanny
A young girl whose small presence anchors one of Le Fanu's ghostly stories in the tender, vulnerable world of childhood.
supporting
Also known as little Fanny, Little Fanny, darling Fanny
First appearance: the spectre lovers
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Fanny is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The narrator's daughter who sees an invisible specter threatening her baby brother.
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Fanny is the child at the center of a haunting, the kind of figure Le Fanu uses to make the supernatural feel intimate and personal rather than merely frightening. Her youth and dependence make her both the object of…
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- Other
Character groups
- Supernatural encounters
- Dark family secrets
- Diverse ghostly witnesses
- Carmilla story figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the psychological peak of the narrator's horror and the r…
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See Fanny in the spectre lovers