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Title: By beach and bog-land : Some Irish stories
Original Publication: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905.
Credits: the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "By Beach and Bog-land: Some Irish Stories" by Jane Barlow is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on rural Irish life, exploring the daily hardships, joys, and superstitions of communities set amid bogs, beaches, and small villages. The stories seem to center around ordinary people—farmers, widows, soldiers, and families—depicting their struggles with poverty, loss, longing, and resilience within the context of Irish culture. With sympathetic portrayals and vivid local color, the collection likely appeals to readers interested in Irish social history, folklore, or character-driven storytelling. The opening of the book introduces readers to the remote village of Clonmalroan, where isolation heightens the impact of world events, such as war, on the local residents. The first story centers on Lady Winifred, who is left alone in the "Big House" after her husband, a captain, is called away to war, and on Widow Connor, whose son Terry also serves as a soldier. The narrative explores their shared anxieties as they await news, painting a poignant picture of fear, waiting, and community during troubled times. Through nuanced scenes—like Lady Winifred’s anxious watch for a letter, the villagers' desperate attempts to read war reports, and the superstitions that arise amid loss—the opening establishes a deeply human and atmospheric portrait of Irish rural life affected by distant, life-changing events. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Barlow, Jane, 1856-1917
Illustrator: Henry, Paul, 1876-1958
EBook No.: 75823
Published: Apr 8, 2025
Downloads: 236
Language: English
Subject: Ireland -- Fiction
Subject: Peasants -- Ireland -- Fiction
Subject: Short stories, English -- Irish authors
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: By beach and bog-land : Some Irish stories
Original Publication: London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905.
Credits: the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary: "By Beach and Bog-land: Some Irish Stories" by Jane Barlow is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on rural Irish life, exploring the daily hardships, joys, and superstitions of communities set amid bogs, beaches, and small villages. The stories seem to center around ordinary people—farmers, widows, soldiers, and families—depicting their struggles with poverty, loss, longing, and resilience within the context of Irish culture. With sympathetic portrayals and vivid local color, the collection likely appeals to readers interested in Irish social history, folklore, or character-driven storytelling. The opening of the book introduces readers to the remote village of Clonmalroan, where isolation heightens the impact of world events, such as war, on the local residents. The first story centers on Lady Winifred, who is left alone in the "Big House" after her husband, a captain, is called away to war, and on Widow Connor, whose son Terry also serves as a soldier. The narrative explores their shared anxieties as they await news, painting a poignant picture of fear, waiting, and community during troubled times. Through nuanced scenes—like Lady Winifred’s anxious watch for a letter, the villagers' desperate attempts to read war reports, and the superstitions that arise amid loss—the opening establishes a deeply human and atmospheric portrait of Irish rural life affected by distant, life-changing events. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Barlow, Jane, 1856-1917
Illustrator: Henry, Paul, 1876-1958
EBook No.: 75823
Published: Apr 8, 2025
Downloads: 236
Language: English
Subject: Ireland -- Fiction
Subject: Peasants -- Ireland -- Fiction
Subject: Short stories, English -- Irish authors
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.