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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
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Emily Lawless (1845 1913) was a novelist and a prominent figure in
the political circles of nineteenth-century Ireland. Although her
grandfather had been an Irish patriot with United Irishmen
sympathies, Lawless herself remained emphatically opposed to Home
Rule. Her novels often explored Ireland's troubled past and
present: her first success was Hurrish (1886) which was set in
Galway during the Land League campaigns and was dedicated to her
friend Margaret Oliphant. Although Lawless enjoyed literary
success, her personal life was marked by tragedy: her father and
two of her sisters committed suicide. Despite her great love for
Ireland, Lawless eventually became disillusioned with its politics
and moved to England. In this work, Lawless intersperses an account
of a year spent tending to her garden in Surrey, with
autobiographical and philosophical ruminations. For more
information on this author, see http:
//orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=lawlem
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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