Great Irish Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Evan Bates (Editor)

Dover Great Short Stories (Irish)

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This collection of thirteen captivating tales by Irish authors illustrates both traditional and modern approaches to the Celtic art of storytelling. Spanning two centuries, it features stories by Maria Edgeworth and William Carleton from the beginning of Irish prose fiction in English; retellings of traditional tales by Lady Gregory and Standish O'Grady from the great age of the Irish Literary Revival; and contributions from many of the 20th century's most significant writers, including show more William Butler Yeats, James Stephens, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Liam O'Flaherty. show less

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Carleton, William (Contributor)
Corkery, Daniel (Contributor)
Edgeworth, Maria (Contributor)
Gregory, Lady (Contributor)
Joyce, James (Contributor)
Le Fanu, J Sheridan (Contributor)
Moore, George (Contributor)
O'Flaherty, Liam (Contributor)
O'Grady, Standish (Contributor)
O'Kelly, Seumas (Contributor)
Ross, Martin (Contributor)
Somerville, E.E (Contributor)
Stephens, James (Contributor)
Yeats, William Butler (Contributor)

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This is a different work from the Laurel volume Great Irish Short Stories; it includes "The Limerick Gloves" - Maria Edgeworth

"The Donagh; or, The Horse-Stealers" - William Carleton

"Green Tea" - J Sheridan Le ... (show all)Fanu

"Death of Fergus" - Standish H O'Grady

"The Tables of the Law" - W.B. Yeats

"Lisheen Races, Second-Hand" - E.E Somerville and Martin Ross

"The Only Son of Aoife" - Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory

"Home Sickness" - George Moore

"The Blind Man" - James Stephens

"The Dead" - James Joyce

"The Ploughing of Leaca-na-Naomh" - Daniel Corkery

"The Weaver's Grave" - Seumas O'Kelly

"The Pedlar's Revenge" - Liam O'Flaherty

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
823.01089417Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fictionBy typeShort storiesCollections
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PR8876 .G74Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish LiteratureEnglish literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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