When Anthony Considine creeps into Mellick town with a stolen horse in 1789, it sets the destiny of his family for decades to come. By the 1850s, through thrift and hard work, his son Honest John has made the Considines a leading Mellick family. In turn, his son Anthony builds a fine house in the country for his wife and children—most especially for his adored son Dennis. Little does he know that when Dennis grows up he will threaten the toil of generations with his love for a peasant girl. A stirring family saga of divided loyalties and individual freedom; of matches made and lost; and of the constraints of religion and family pride.
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'Kate O'Brien writes stunning, unfogettable stories of sexuality and families, of self-discovery' Michele Roberts *Reading WITHOUT MY CLOAK was the first time I realised how powerful the small ordinary family life story can be' Maeve Binchy *'A peculiarly beautiful and arresting piece of fiction' J.B. Priestly *'Rush out for the works of Kate O'Brien. You are in for a treat' Val Hennessy
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Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine beloved novels.
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I recently found a list of the winners of the Hawthornden prize, which is awarded annually to an English writer "for the best work of imaginative literature." This book, by Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), won the prize for 1931. Since most of the Hawthornden prizewinners I have read (only 9 so far) have been good reading, I decided to read this. On balance it tells an interesting story and holds one's attention well. It is laid in Ireland of the 1870s and concerns an upper-class Irish Catholic family, the "proper" members of which are portrayed in a somewhat unfavorable light. The "rebel" members of the family get most of the attention in the book, as I suppose one would expect in a novel. I do not regret reading the book, and would read more by Kate O'Brien if I ran across such.
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THE light of the October day was dropping from afternoon clarity to softness when Anthony Considine led his limping horse round the last curve of the Gap of Storm and halted there to behold the Vale of Honey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forage merchant, triangular meadow, hazel hedge, green finches, dewy field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Honest John, River Hill, Father Tom, Aunt Caroline, New York, John Aloysius, Uncle Eddy, Charles Street, Uncle Tom, Martin Devoy, Victor Considine, Vale of Honey, Aunt Teresa, Aunt Bridget, Dominic Hennessy, Gerard Hennessy, John Considine, Miss Wadding, Peter Farrell, Anna Hennessy, Anthony Considine, Jack Keogh, Kilmoney Street, Eddy Considine, Lower Mourne Street New!
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THE light of the October day was dropping from afternoon clarity to softness when Anthony Considine led his limping horse round the last curve of the Gap of Storm and halted there to behold the Vale of Honey. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forage merchant, triangular meadow, hazel hedge, green finches, dewy field Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Honest John, River Hill, Father Tom, Aunt Caroline, New York, John Aloysius, Uncle Eddy, Charles Street, Uncle Tom, Martin Devoy, Victor Considine, Vale of Honey, Aunt Teresa, Aunt Bridget, Dominic Hennessy, Gerard Hennessy, John Considine, Miss Wadding, Peter Farrell, Anna Hennessy, Anthony Considine, Jack Keogh, Kilmoney Street, Eddy Considine, Lower Mourne Street New!
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- The Old Man by Tom, M.D. Anthony on page 452, page 453, and page 455
- George Eliot: Centenary Essays and an Unpublished Fragment (Barnes and Nobel Critical Studies) by Anne Smith in Back Matter
- FROST IN MAY (Virago Modern Classics) by Antonia White in Back Matter
- Last Summer by Iain Smith in Back Matter
- Mark Twain: Great American Short Stories I (Lake Classics) by Prescott Hill on page 429
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