The Ghost and the Bonesetter by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Fiction, Horror Contributor(s): Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan (Author) |
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ISBN: 158715904X ISBN-13: 9781587159046 Publisher: Borgo Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: THE GHOST AND THE BONESETTER In looking over the papers of Francis Purcell, a parish priest in the south of Ireland, I met with the following document. It is one of many such; for he was a collector of old local traditions. It is perhaps necessary to add that the superstition illustrated by the following story ? |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.36" W x 9.3" (0.78 lbs) 132 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: - "Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories." Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard." |