The Purcell Papers (1975 book)

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The Purcell Papers
File:Purcell papers.jpg
Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for The Purcell Papers
Author J. Sheridan LeFanu
Cover artist Frank Utpatel
Country United States
Language English
Genre Horror, Fantasy short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date
1975
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages ix, 241 pp
ISBN 0-87054-072-6
OCLC 1979891
823/.8
LC Class PZ3.L518 Pu6 PR4879.L7

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 as a pseudonym.

Contents

The Purcell Papers contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction", by August Derleth
  2. The Purcell Papers
    • I. "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter"
    • II. "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh"
    • III. "The Drunkard's Dream"
    • IV. "The Quare Gander"
  3. "The Child That Went With the Fairies"
  4. "The White Cat of Drumgunniol"
  5. Ghost Stories of Chapelizod
    • I. "The Village Bully"
    • II. "The Spectre Lovers"
  6. "Stories of Lough Guir"
  7. "A Night in the Bell Inn"
  8. "The Dead Sexton"
  9. "The Legend of Dunblane"
  10. "The Mysterious Lodger"
  11. "The Churchyard Yew"

References

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