The House in Clewe Street
by Mary Lavin
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This absorbing family saga, first published in 1945, reveals the poignancies of an Irish Catholic upbringing, and is a testimony to Mary Lavin's considerable power as a storyteller. Theodore Coniffe, austere property owner in Castlerampart, looks forward to the birth of an heir when his third and youngest daughter, Lily, marries. A son is born, but the father, Cornelius Galloway, is a spendthrift who dies young, leaving the child to the care of Lily and her sisters, Theresa and Sara. Their show more love for Gabriel is limited by religious propriety and his youth is both protected and restrained. At the age of twenty-one Gabriel runs away to Dublin with Onny, a kitchen maid. Here they tumble into bohemian life. But Gabriel is ill-suited to this makeshift freedom and finds the values of Clewe Street impossible to evade. show lessTags
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Virago Modern Classics (266)
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- Canonical title
- The House in Clewe Street
- Original publication date
- 1945
- First words
- When you are still several miles outside the town of Castlerampart you can see the spire of the church pricking the distant clouds.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He held up his head, and strode forward.
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- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
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