First published in 1892, Grania is the story of a fisherman's
daughter from the Islands of Aran, off the coast of Galway. Grania
O'Malley's life is circumscribed by family duty and her destiny as
wife to her feckless fiance, Murdough Blake. When she realises her
wants her only for her money and property, Grania rejects him in
favour of heroism, although with tragic consequences. Through
complex and skilled characterisation, Lawless evokes a vivid
picture of island life, with its unforgiving landscape and grinding
poverty. Using a unique poetic style, the author conveys both
humour and a sense of Gaelic identity, inextricably linked with
this remarkable community. Algernon Swinburne described Grania as
"one of the most exquisite and perfect works in the language" and
Mrs Humphry Ward praised its "breath of sensitive humanity." This
scholarly edition, the first for twenty-five years, brings Emily
Lawless's extraordinary novel to a new audience.
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