South of I reland, near some wild hills and a romantic river, a small by-road led to a quiet spot, where, at the end of a little lane, or boreen, which was sheltered by some hazel-hedges, stood a cottage which in England would have been considered a poor habitation, but in I reland was absolutely comfortable, when contrasted with the wretched hovels that most of her peasantry are doomed to dwell in. The walls were only built of mud but then the door-way and such windows as the cabin had were formed of cut stone, as was the chimney, which last convenience is of rare occurrence in I rish cabins, a hole in the roof generally serving instead. The windows were not glazed, it is true, but we must not expect too much gentility on this point; and though the light may not be let in as much as it is the intention of such openings to do, yet if the wind be kept out, the I rish peasant may be thankful.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Rory O'More : A National Romance

Literature & Fiction

Lover, Samuel

Classics

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We inevitably think of Dickens as the London novelist, but rarely do we consider what we mean when we refer to Dickens’s urban realism.  In this study of Dickens’s representation of the city, Efraim Sicher places Dickens’s major novels within Victorian discourses about the city and rereads the fictional world Dickens portrayed as a dialogical response to those debates. Dickens’s city emerges as surprisingly grim and bleak, and we must ask whether the regeneration Dickens invests in several of his protagonists is a resistance to the corrupt city in its romantic trope, or whether salvation can be found in the city itself.  Rereading the City/Rereading Dickens has been acclaimed as an important scholarly achievement that deftly crosses the disciplinary boundaries between literature and history, reexamining modes of realism and giving a new understanding of the modernity of London, well before Baudelaire’s flâneur sauntered along Paris boulevards. Dickens is seen, moreover, in a wider perspective, with fascinating comparisons with Poe and Hugo.  This new edition has been updated to take account of the latest scholarship and has been completely revised.

Rereading the City/Rereading Dickens: Representation, the Novel, and Urban Realism (AMS Studies in the Nineteenth Century)

Sicher, Efraim

History & Criticism

Human Stress

James H Humphrey

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