The Purcell Papers is a collection of stories by author J. Sheridan LeFanu

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. It was released in 1975

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 by Arkham House

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 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

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 book, The Purcell Papers

The Purcell Papers

The Purcell Papers are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838-40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late...

. In addition to the stories by LeFanu, the collection includes a pastiche of LeFanu, "The Churchyard Yew", written by August Derleth

August Derleth

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 and using LeFanu's name as a pseudonym.

Contents

The Purcell Papers contains the following tales:

1. "Introduction", by August Derleth
   August Derleth
   August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
   
   
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"