The Purcell Papers

"The Purcell Papers" (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73) 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 Rev. Francis Purcell, of Drumcoolagh', a Catholic priest. The thirteenth and last tale on the collection," Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory" dates from 1850 and is not connected with Father Purcell. The tales comprise:

Vol 1
*"The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" (first published January 1838)
*"The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh" (March 1838)
*"The Last Heir of Castle Connor" (June 1838)
*"The Drunkard's Dream" (August 1838)

Vol 2
*"Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (November 1838)
*"The Bridal of Carrigvarah" (April 1839)
*"Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter" (May 1839)
*"Scraps of Hibernian Ballads" (June 1839)

Vol 3
*"Jim Sulivan's Adventures in the Great Snow" (July 1839)
*"A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family" (October 1839)
*"An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald, a Royalist Captain" (February 1840)
*"The Quare Gander" (October 1840)
*"Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory" (June 1850)

External links

[http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/l/lefanu/purcell/index.html Complete text of The Purcell Papers]