The Purcell Papers

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The Purcell Papers is a collection of stories by author J. Sheridan LeFanu. It was released in 1975 by Arkham House in an edition of 4,288 copies. It was the author's second collection published by Arkham House. The book does not include all of the stories in the 1880 book, The Purcell Papers. In addition to the stories by LeFanu, the collection includes a pastiche of LeFanu, "The Churchyard Yew", written by August Derleth and using LeFanu's name... more
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Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in the Victorian era. Sheridan Le Fanu was born at...

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