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The Wild Irish Girl
Sydney Owenson
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Description for The Wild Irish Girl
Paperback. Editor(s): Kirkpatrick, Kathryn. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
`I long to study the purely national, natural character of an Irishwoman' When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for gambling debts and dissipated living, he adopts the persona of knight errant and goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely and learned daughter, Glorvina. In this setting and among these characters Horatio learns the history, culture and language of a ... Read more
`I long to study the purely national, natural character of an Irishwoman' When Horatio, the son of an English lord, is banished to his father's Irish estate as punishment for gambling debts and dissipated living, he adopts the persona of knight errant and goes off in search of adventure. On the wild west coast of Connaught he finds remnants of a romantic Gaelic past a dilapidated castle, a Catholic priest, a deposed king and the king's lovely and learned daughter, Glorvina. In this setting and among these characters Horatio learns the history, culture and language of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press New York
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552498
SKU
V9780199552498
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About Sydney Owenson
Kathryn Kirkpatrick is Associate Professor of English at Appalachian State University, Boone, Carolina.
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