Waysiders, Stories of Connacht


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'Waysiders, Stories of Connacht' is a novel in the drama genre, written by Seumas O'Kelly. The story unfolds by introducing us to a shop owner named Festus Clasby, who the author describes as "... the product of the two civilizations, a charioteer who drove the two fiery steeds of Agricolo and Trade with a hand of authority. His dark face, framed in darker hair and beard, was massive and square. Behind the luxurious growth of hair, the rich blood glowed on the clear skin. His chest had breadth, and his limbs were great, showing girth at the hips and power at the calves. His eyes were large and dark, smoldering in soft velvety tones. The nose was long, the nostrils expressive of certain animalism, the mouth looked eloquent. His voice was low, of an agreeable even quality, floating over the boxes and barrels of his shop like a chant. His words never jarred, his views were vaguely comforting, based on accepted conventions, expressed in round, soft, lulling platitudes."




Waysiders, Stories of Connacht


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Waysiders


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Reproduction of the original: Waysiders by Seumas O ́Kelly




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Waysiders


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Reproduction of the original: Waysiders by Seumas O ́Kelly




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Waysiders


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Excerpt from Waysiders: Stories of Connacht The name stood out in chaste white letters from the black background of the signboard. Indeed the name might be said to spring from the landscape, for this shop jumped from its rural setting with an air of aggression. It was a commercial oasis on a desert of grass. It proclaimed the clash of two civilisations. There were the hills, pitched round it like the galleries of some vast amphitheatre, rising tier upon tier to the blue of the sky. There was the yellow road, fantastic in its frolic down to the valley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




The Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland, 1800–2000


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Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature, this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition, other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used, such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author, title, and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete, from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition, bibliographical method, popular readerships, trends in output, and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.