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The Purcell Papers — Volume 1

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Level C1 · AdvancedMysteryFantasy5 chapters
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Length
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About this book

About this book

Explore the mysterious legacy of a distinguished Huguenot family through evocative memoirs and poetic reflections, weaving history, personal tales, and haunting intrigue in eighteenth-century Europe and Ireland.

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Contents

5 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02THE GHOST AND THE BONE SETTER.
03THE FORTUNES OF SIR ROBERT ARDAGH.
04THE LAST HEIR OF CASTLE CONNOR.
05THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM.

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