The Purcell Papers
1880
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J. Sheridan Le Fanu. The Purcell Papers. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1975. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 241 pages. Publisher's binding and dust jacket. At the beginning of the eighteenth centuryWilliam Le Fanu was the sole survivor of his family.
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Author
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Author · 68 books
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M.R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.
