Sheridan Le Fanu 
Room in the Dragon Volant 

At the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars, wealthy British heir Richard Beckett decides to spend some time in France. On his way there, he stumbles across an overturned carriage and encounters two people who will alter the course of his life. Afterwards, he makes his way to a nearby inn — and unknowingly checks himself into a room that is believed to be cursed.