Schalken The Painter
Schalken the Painter (1839)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Clever story-behind-a-painting yarn involving a young painter whose beloved is sold in marriage to a wealthy man who neither blinks nor breathes. Far superior to Edgar Allan Poe’s earlier effort along the same lines (see “The Oval Portrait”).
Reviewed by: Nat Hocken
Rating: 5
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