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The Purcell Papers - Volume 2
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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As I said this, I fixed my eyes upon those of my uncle, but he was too old in the world's ways to falter beneath the gaze of more searching eyes than mine; he simply said:
'Are you acquainted with the provisions of your father's will?'
I answered in the affirmative; and he continued:
'Then you must be aware that if my son Edward were—which God forbid—the unprincipled, reckless man you pretend to think him'—(here he spoke very slowly, as if he intended that every word which escaped him should be registered in my memory, while at the same time the expression of his countenance underwent a gradual but horrible change, and the eyes which he fixed upon me became so darkly vivid, that I almost lost sight of everything else)—'if he were what you have described him, think you, girl, he could find no briefer means than wedding contracts to gain his ends? 'twas b. . . Read More
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I misteri presi singolarmente non hanno nulla di particolarmente memorabile, storielle gradevoli che però mancano di quell’incisività determinante riscontrabile in testi anche altrettanto semplici ma “più riusciti”. Il punto forte di questo libro è lo stile, che rimanda inevitabilmente a racconti fo
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu zasłużył sobie na miejsce w panteonie klasyków grozy głównie dzięki dwóm utworom - wampirycznej noweli “Carmilli”i i wiktoriańskiej gotyckiej powieści “Stryj Silas”. Warto jednak docenić Irlandczyka również jako autora krótkich form.
“Osobliwe zdarzenia"” to zbiór bardzo różno
Years back, The legendary publishing company Arkham House released Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's best short fiction in a book called Green Tea. It is a great collection. Unfortunately I do not have it. Instead I have the second Arkham House book of LeFanu stories called The Purcell Papers which includes
Stories of varying qualtliy. Some where interesting Ghost Stories, with a couple that were more like Humorous AIrish Anictdotes. I have only "The Mysterious Lodger", which is the longest story, and "The Churchyard Yew", which is acctually a pastiche by August Dereleth to read. A couple of the storie
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu zasłużył sobie na miejsce w panteonie klasyków grozy głównie dzięki dwóm utworom - wampirycznej noweli “Carmilli”i i wiktoriańskiej gotyckiej powieści “Stryj Silas”. Warto jednak docenić Irlandczyka również jako autora krótkich form.
“Osobliwe zdarzenia"” to zbiór bardzo różno
Le fanu is incomparable -- but the arkham house edition is not the reading version you want. August Derleth's editing is untrustworthy to the point of including one of his own pastiches. Of interest only to the collector.