The Purcell Papers By: Joseph Sheridan LeFanu (1814-1873)
I recently read a collection of ghost stories by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu called The Purcell Papers. The stories were eerie and atmospheric, drawing me in with their mysterious plots and vivid descriptions. LeFanu has a talent for creating a sense of unease that lingers long after the stories end. Each tale was unique and engaging, with unexpected twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. Overall, this collection was a spine-tingling read that I would recommend to fans of classic horror fiction. First Page: THE PURCELL PAPERS. BY THE LATE JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU, AUTHOR OF 'UNCLE SILAS.' With a Memoir by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU. A noble Huguenot family, owning considerable property in Normandy, the Le Fanus of Caen, were, upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, deprived of their ancestral estates of Mandeville, Sequeville, and Cresseron; but, owing to their possessing influential relatives at the court of Louis the Fourteenth, were allowed to quit their country for England, unmolested, with their personal property. We meet with John Le Fanu de Sequeville and Charles Le Fanu de Cresseron, as cavalry officers in William the Third's army; Charles being so distinguished a member of the King's staff that he was presented with William's portrait from his master's own hand. He afterwards served as a major of dragoons under Marlborough. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, William Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family. He married Henrietta Raboteau de Puggibaut, the last of another great and noble Huguenot family, whose escape from France, as a child, by the aid of a Roman Catholic uncle in high position at the French court, was effected after adventures of the most romantic danger... Continue reading book >>

The Purcell Papers By: Joseph Sheridan LeFanu (1814-1873)

I recently read a collection of ghost stories by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu called The Purcell Papers. The stories were eerie and atmospheric, drawing me in with their mysterious plots and vivid descriptions. LeFanu has a talent for creating a sense of unease that lingers long after the stories end. Each tale was unique and engaging, with unexpected twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. Overall, this collection was a spine-tingling read that I would recommend to fans of classic horror fiction.

First Page:

THE PURCELL PAPERS.

BY THE LATE

JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU,

AUTHOR OF 'UNCLE SILAS.'

With a Memoir by

ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM

MEMOIR OF JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU.

A noble Huguenot family, owning considerable property in Normandy, the Le Fanus of Caen, were, upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, deprived of their ancestral estates of Mandeville, Sequeville, and Cresseron; but, owing to their possessing influential relatives at the court of Louis the Fourteenth, were allowed to quit their country for England, unmolested, with their personal property. We meet with John Le Fanu de Sequeville and Charles Le Fanu de Cresseron, as cavalry officers in William the Third's army; Charles being so distinguished a member of the King's staff that he was presented with William's portrait from his master's own hand. He afterwards served as a major of dragoons under Marlborough.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, William Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family. He married Henrietta Raboteau de Puggibaut, the last of another great and noble Huguenot family, whose escape from France, as a child, by the aid of a Roman Catholic uncle in high position at the French court, was effected after adventures of the most romantic danger... Continue reading book >>

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The Purcell Papers	The Purcell Papers — Volume 2	The Purcell Papers — Volume 3

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Fantasy
Fiction
Literature

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