Green Tea

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"Green Tea" is a gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu that follows a clergyman haunted by a demonic monkey, exploring themes of madness, the supernatural, and psychological terror.

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Green Tea canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gothic fiction work
horror fiction work
short story
antagonistDescription invisible demonic monkey visible only to the protagonist
author Sheridan Le Fanu
centralMotif demonic familiar
hallucination
supernatural haunting
countryOfOrigin Ireland
exploresConcept demonic influence
mental disintegration
occult forces
spiritualism
featuresCharacter Dr. Martin Hesselius
Reverend Mr. Jennings
demonic monkey
firstPublicationForm serial publication
frameNarrator Dr. Martin Hesselius
genre gothic fiction
horror fiction
psychological horror
hasSymbol green tea as catalyst for visions
influenced later psychological horror fiction
language English
literaryForm short fiction
literaryMovement Victorian literature
literaryStatus classic of Victorian ghost and horror fiction
mainCharacter Reverend Mr. Jennings
narrativePerspective first-person frame narrative
narrator Dr. Martin Hesselius
partOf Dr. Hesselius stories cycle
protagonistOccupation clergyman
settingPeriod 19th century
theme isolation
madness
perception versus reality
psychological terror
religious anxiety
the supernatural
tone claustrophobic
dark
psychologically intense
workType supernatural tale

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Sheridan Le Fanu notableWork Green Tea
Sheridan Le Fanu wrote Green Tea
In a Glass Darkly containsWork Green Tea