Amusing Irish Tales (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William Carleton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330971019 ISBN 13 : 9781330971017

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Step into a lively Irish village filled with warmth, humor, and memorable characters. These sketches reveal everyday life with charm and a wink.

In this collection, small towns, feasts, dances, and parish life come alive through vivid vignettes and generous humor. Readers will meet fiddlers, priests, and neighbors whose kindness and foibles shape a fond, often funny portrait of rural Ireland.

- Snapshots of village gatherings, from hearty meals to lively music and friendly rivalries
- Colorful characters with distinctive looks, voices, and ways of talking
- Gentle social satire that stays light while celebrating community spirit
- Moments of memory, generosity, and shared joy that define the Irish heart

Ideal for readers who enjoy character-driven humor, traditional folk life, and stories that celebrate everyday resilience.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

William Carleton, the unrivalled delineator of the habits and character of his countrymen, was bora at Prillisk, in the county of Tyrone, in the year 1798. His father was a small farmer. Both father and mother -were persons of greatly superior mind ;and although not highly educated they were better informed than most of their class, and were rich in natural endowments, so that the son had considerable privileges, both in the matter of mental Inheritance and early associations. The father was endowed with such a marvellous memory, that it is said he could repeat the greater part of the bible by heart Hewas also a walking repertory of legendary lore, and could tell tales from years end to years end. His mother was noted for her beautiful voice, and talent In the realms of song. William was intended for a priest, and had begun the preliminary studies required to fit him for entering Maynooth. At this critical period of his early career, his father died, and immediately the son abandoned all thought of the church ;which would make it appear, that to take this step had been more the wish of his father than of himself. Some years afterwards he left the Roman Catholic Church and joined the Church of England. Of an imaginative and sanguine temperament, he was, through a perusal of Gil Bias, fired with a desire to see the world and seek his fortune away from the quiet vale where he had been nurtured. His first effort only resulted in obtaining a situation as tutor, at a very poor salary, in a farmers house: Soon tired of this uncongenial drudgery, he threw up the situation and started for Dublin, in which city he found himself without any definite plan for the future in his mind, and with the sum of two.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330971019
• ISBN 13: 9781330971017
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
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