The Purcell Papers

	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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Richard Bentley (publisher) Richard Bentley (24 October 1794 – 10 September 1871) was a 19th-century English publisher born into a publishing family. He started a firm with his brother in 1819. Ten years later, he went into partnership with the publisher Henry Colburn. Although the business was often successful, publishing the famous "Standard Novels" series, they ended their partnership in acrimony three years later. Bentley continued alone profitably in the 1830s and early 1840s, establishing the well-known periodical ''Bentley's Miscellany''. However, the periodical went into decline after its editor, Charles Dickens, left. Bentley's business started to falter after 1843 and he sold many of his copyrights. Only 15 years later did it begin to recover. Early life Bentley came from a publishing family that stretched back three generations. His father, Edward Bentley, and his uncle, John Nichols, published the ''General Evening Post'', and Nichols also published the ''Gentleman's Magazine''.Wallins, 40.P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Gothic Fiction Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels. The first work to call itself Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764 novel ''The Castle of Otranto'', later subtitled "A Gothic Story". Subsequent 18th century contributors included Clara Reeve, Ann Radcliffe, William Beckford (novelist), William Thomas Beckford, and Matthew Gregory Lewis, Matthew Lewis. The Gothic influence continued into the early 19th century, works by the Romantic poetry, Romantic poets, and novelists such as Mary Shelley, Charles Maturin, Walter Scott and E. T. A. Hoffmann frequently drew upon gothic motifs in their works. The early Victorian literature, Victorian period continued the use of gothic, in novels by Charles Dickens and the Brontë family, Brontë sisters, as well as works by the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dublin University Magazine The ''Dublin University Magazine'' was an independent literary cultural and political magazine published in Dublin from 1833 to 1882. It started out as a magazine of political commentary but increasingly became devoted to literature. The magazine was published under the title ''The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal'' from January 1833 to December 1877 (volumes 1 to 90), then under the title ''The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review'' with a new series from 1878 to 1880 (volumes 1 to 5), and then under the title ''The University Magazine'' with a quarterly series from 1880 to 1882. Early days The year 1832 had been one of political and ecumenical upheaval: disturbances in Britain led to the Reform Act of that year, the Tithe War was raging in Ireland and the new Whig government was gaining influential supporters in Trinity College Dublin. A number of young men associated with the College, including Isaac Butt, John Anster (translator o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ghost Story A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. (p. 404-5). The "ghost" may appear of its own accord or be summoned by magic. Linked to the ghost is the idea of a "haunting", where a supernatural entity is tied to a place, object or person. Ghost stories are commonly examples of ghostlore. Colloquially, the term "ghost story" can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction. It is a form of supernatural fiction and specifically of weird fiction, and is often a horror story. While ghost stories are often explicitly meant to scare, they have been written to serve all sorts of purposes, from comedy to morality tales. Ghosts often appear in the narrative as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1880 Short Story Collections Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko , also known as , was a shamaness-queen of Yamatai-koku in . Early Chinese dynastic histories chronicle tributary relations between Queen Himiko and the Cao Wei Kingdom (220–265) and record that the Yayoi period people chose her as ruler fol ... (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (Gongji), Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fantasy Short Stories Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gothic Short Stories Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken by the Crimean Goths, also extinct Gothic alphabet, one of the alphabets used to write the Gothic language Gothic (Unicode block), a collection of Unicode characters of the Gothic alphabet Art and architecture Gothic art, a Medieval art movement Gothic architecture Gothic Revival architecture (Neo-Gothic) Carpenter Gothic Collegiate Gothic *High Victorian Gothic Romanticism Gothic fiction or Gothic Romanticism, a literary genre Entertainment Gothic (film), ''Gothic'' (film), a 1986 film by Ken Russell Gothic (series), ''Gothic'' (series), a video game series originally developed by Piranha Bytes Game Studios Gothic (video game), ''Gothic'' (video game), a 2001 video game developed by Piranha Bytes Game Studios Modern cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Short Story Collections By Sheridan Le Fanu Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Arts, entertainment, and media * Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject) * Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting * ''The Short-Timers'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam Brands and enterprises * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Finance * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II Foodstuffs * Short pastry, one which is rich in butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Horror Short Story Collections Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres Horror fiction, a genre of fiction Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction Korean horror, Korean horror fiction Horror film, a film genre Horror comics, comic books focusing on horror Horror punk, a music genre Horrorcore, a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror Horror game, a video game genre *Survival horror, a video game subgenre of horror and action-adventure Horror podcast, a podcast genre Films * ''Horror'' (2002 film), an American film by Dante Tomaselli * ''#Horror'', a 2015 American film by Tara Subkoff ''Horror'', Italian title for the 1963 Italian-Spanish film ''The Blancheville Monster'' Fictional characters Horror (''Garo''), fictional monsters in the Tokusatsu series ''Garo'' Horror icon, a significant person or fictional character in a horror genre Music Groups and labels Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror), an American hip hop group * The Horrors, an English rock band Albums and EPs * ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]