Golden Fleece: The American Adventures of a Fortune Hunting EarlPhillips, David Graham
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Golden Fleece: The American Adventures of a Fortune Hunting Earl
Phillips, David Graham
British -- United States -- Fiction
A Comedy of the Affections
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Here commonplace, every-day, ordinary people tread the boards. The
characters whom Miss Wyatt presents are not geniuses, or heroes, or
heroines of romance, but commonplace persons with commonplace tricks
and commonplace manners and emotions. They do romantic things without
a sense of romance in them, but weave their commonplace doings into
a story of great human interest that the reader will find far from
commonplace. The vein of humorous satire, keen, subtle and refined,
permeating the story and the characterization, sets this work of Miss
Wyatt’s in a class by itself.
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By Shan F. Bullock
Author of “The Barrys,” “Irish Pastorals”
THE SQUIREEN
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Mr. Bullock takes us into the North of Ireland among North-of-Ireland
people. His story is dominated by one remarkable character, whose
progress towards the subjugation of his own temperament we cannot
help but watch with interest. He is swept from one thing to another,
first by his dare-devil, roistering spirit, then by his mood of deep
repentance, through love and marriage, through quarrels and separation
from his wife, to a reconciliation at the point of death, to a return
to health, and through the domination of the devil in him, finally to
death. It is a strong, convincing novel suggesting, somewhat, “The
House with the Green Shutters.” What that book did for the Scotland of
Ian Maclaren and Barrie, “The Squireen” will do for Ireland.
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By Seumas McManus
Author of “Through the Turf Smoke”
“A LAD OF THE O’FRIEL’S”
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This is a story of Donegal ways and customs; full of the spirit of
Irish life. The main character is a dreaming and poetic boy who
takes joy in all the stories and superstitions of his people, and
his experience and life are thus made to reflect all the essential
qualities of the life of his country. Many characters in the book will
make warm places for themselves in the heart of the reader.
Cloth, 12mo $1.50
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By George Douglas
THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS
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A story remarkable for its power, remarkable for its originality, and
remarkable for its success. The unique masterpiece of an unfortunate
young author, who died without knowing the unstinted praise his work
was to receive. The book portrays with striking realism a phase of
Scottish life and character new to most novel-readers. John Gourlay,
the chief personage in the drama, inhabitant of the “House With the
Green Shutters” and master of the village destinies, looms up as the
personification of the brute force that dominates. He stands apart from
all characters in fiction. In the broad treatment and the relentless
sweep of its tragedy, the book suggests the work of Dumas.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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