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The Purcell Papers — Volume 2

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)

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"The Purcell Papers — Volume 2" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a collection of Gothic stories written during the late 19th century. This volume continues to explore themes of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural, engaging readers with tales that intertwine the personal lives of various characters with haunting histories and dark secrets. At the start of this volume, the story "Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" unfolds through the reflections of a woman recounting her early life and family dramas, particularly focusing on her father's mysterious past and the shadow of a murder that loomed over them. The narrative introduces Lady Margaret and hints at an impending danger as she navigates relationships with her uncle, Sir Arthur, and her cousin, Edward. As the tale progresses, various layers of family intrigue, social expectations, and potential villainy begin to emerge, setting the stage for a captivating exploration of morality and the human psyche intertwined with sinister gothic elements.

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  • Fantasy fiction, English
  • Ireland

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The Bridal of Carrigvarah

Being a Sixth Extract from the Legacy of the late Francis Purcell, P. P. of Drumcoolagh.

In a sequestered district of the county of Limerick, there stood my early life, some forty years ago, one of those strong stone buildings, half castle, half farm-house, which are not unfrequent in the South of Ireland, and whose solid masonry and massive construction seem to prove at once the insecurity and the caution of the Cromwellite settlers who erected them. At the time of which I speak, this building was tenanted by an elderly man, whose starch and puritanic mien and manners might have become the morose preaching parliamentarian captain, who had raised the house and ruled the household more than a hundred years before; but this man, though Protestant by descent as by name, was not so in religion; he was a strict, and in outward observances, an exemplary Catholic; his father had returned in early youth to the true faith, and died in the bosom of the church.

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Contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. The Bridal of Carrigvarah
  3. Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter
  4. Scraps of Hibernian Ballads

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This free edition of The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #510, released 2008-05-24. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Short Stories, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, British Literature.

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