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Classic Irish Short Stories

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Read by T. P. McKenna, stories range from Gerald Griffin's chilling tale, "The Brown Man", to the delicate and closely observed "Araby", taken from James Joyce's Dubliners, about adolescent sexual awakening. Also included are Oscar Wilde's stylish and witty story "The Model Millionaire", about a young man on whom good fortune smiles; Oliver Goldsmith's "Adventures of a Strolling Player", a compressed narrative of a peripatetic existence; Sheridan Le Fanu's story about the "Faustian" Sir Dominick Sarsfield; William Castleton's wily distiller Bob Pentland and his outwitting of the excide man; and Agnes Castle's romantic Rosanna. They combine in a distinctive potpourri of stories written by Irish story tellers and inspired by Irish life and character.
Author Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrator T. McKenna
Duration 2 hours and 57 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780857866356
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Classic fiction, Short stories
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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