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Loading... Irish Stories and Folklore: A Collection of Thirty-Six Classic Talesby Stephen Brennan
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Ireland's Finest Writers Together in an Entertaining and Humorous Anthology For a comparatively small country, Ireland's contributions to the world of literature have been enormous. From the older tradition, Irish writers have inherited a sense of wonder in the face of nature, a narrative style that tends toward the deliberately exaggerated or absurd, and a keen sense of the power of satire. These themes carry through the entire canon of Irish literature, up until modern times. Stephen Brennan brings us this collection of classic stories, essays, and fairytales that inform the past and therefore, the present, of our most beloved fiction. In Irish Stories and Folklore, the reader can revisit old favorites, like Oscar Wilde's short story "The Canterville Ghost," and discover lesser-known treasures such as "The Orange Man, or the Honest Boy and the Thief" by Maria Edgeworth. The imaginative stories contained in this volume are sure to engage the mind and delight readers looking to enhance their knowledge of the rich history of Ireland. No library descriptions found. |
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Stephen Brennan has pulled together a collection of stories from Irish authors - some old and from famous authors and some newer. You'll probably notice a number of them here - Oscar Wilde (4), Jonathan Swift (4), James Joyce (3), and W.B. Yeats (2) were the names I recognized. And the stories seem to run the spectrum from old folklore to classic short stories, amusing to sad, short at a couple of pages to long at around 20. The only one I think I'd read before was Wilde's The Canterville Ghost, but I find them to be a pleasant read - and my Irish ancestry is only a small part of my heritage (much much more on my wife's side).
Overall, a nice collection for those afternoons and evenings when I just want a short story. (