Sketches of Irish Character: By Mrs S C Hall

ISBN-13: 9781848933903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 528 str.

Marion Durnin

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Born in Dublin into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Anna Maria Hall moved to London when she was fifteen where she became famous for her books, plays and travel writing. It was her book, Sketches of Irish Character (1829) which made her a household name. This modern critical edition is based on Hall's third, revised edition of 1844.

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Sketches of Irish Character:; Introduction; Lilly O'Brien; Mary Ryan's Daughter; The Bannow Postman; “We'll See About It.”; The Last of the Line; The Wooing and Wedding; Jack the Shrimp; Hospitality; “Take it Easy.”; Peter the Prophet; Kate Connor; Father Mike; Larry Moore; Kelly the Piper; The Rapparee; Annie Leslie; Master Ben; The Wise Thought; Mabel O'Neil's Curse; The Fairy of Forth; Mary Macgoharty's Petition; Old Frank; Luke O'Brian; Independence; Black Dennis; Geraldine; Captain Andy; Good Spirits and Bad

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