Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 101 results for “william carleton”
Skip side bar filters

  • Going to Maynooth: Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry

    by William Carleton ...
    Young Denis O'Shaughnessy was old Denis's son; and old Denis, like many great men before him, was the son of his father and mother in particular, and a long line of respectable ancestors in general. He was, moreover, a great historian, a perplexing controversialist, deeply read in Dr. Gallagher and Pastorini, and equally profound in the history of Harry the Eighth, and Luther's partnership with ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tithe-Proctor

    The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two

    by William Carleton ...
    In 'The Tithe-Proctor,' William Carleton masterfully explores the socio-economic tensions of 19th-century Ireland through a poignant narrative, rich with local color and keen social insight. Written in a realist style, the novel delves into the oppressive tithe system imposed on impoverished farmers, highlighting the moral dilemmas faced by the titular proctor. Carleton's vivid characterizations ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jane Sinclair

    by William Carleton ...
    Series series Classics To Go
    Excerpt: "If there be one object in life that stirs the current of human feeling more sadly than another, it is a young and lovely woman, whose intellect has been blighted by the treachery of him on whose heart, as on a shrine, she offered up the incense of her first affection. Such a being not only draws around her our tenderest and most delicate sympathies, but fills us with that mournful ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Black Prophet A Tale Of Irish Famine

    by William Carleton ...
    In "The Black Prophet," Carleton addresses the impact of the famine on the Irish population. The narrative revolves around the character of Mat Kavanagh, who gains a reputation as the "Black Prophet" due to his predictions of the famine's severity. The story explores the struggles and hardships faced by the Irish peasantry during this challenging period, capturing the desperation and suffering ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lianhan Shee

    by William Carleton ...
    ONE summer evening Mary Sullivan was sitting at her own well-swept hearthstone, knitting feet to a pair of sheep’s-grey stockings for Bartley, her husband. It was one of those serene evenings in the month of June when the decline of day assumes a calmness and repose, resembling what we might suppose to have irradiated Eden when our first parents sat in it before their fall. The beams of the sun ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dead Boxer

    by William Carleton ...
    One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth century—as nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720—some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher O'Rorke, or Strong-handed O'Eorke, was proceeding from his father's house, with a stout oaken cudgel in his hand, towards an orchard that stood at the skirt of a country town, in a part of the kingdom which, for the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Dead Boxer

    by William Carleton ...
    The story centers around a young man named Jack Dolan, a talented boxer who mysteriously disappears after a fight. Rumors swirl that he was murdered by his rival, Darby M'Keown, who had a reputation for foul play. However, Jack's body is never found, and the townspeople are left to grapple with uncertainty and fear.Years later, Darby M'Keown is found dead in his own bed, seemingly from natural ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fardorougha, The Miser

    by William Carleton ...
    It was on one of those nights in August, when the moon and stars shine through an atmosphere clear and cloudless, with a mildness of lustre almost continental, that a horseman, advancing at a rapid pace, turned off a remote branch of road up a narrow lane, and, dismounting before a neat whitewashed cottage, gave a quick and impatient knock at the door. Almost instantly, out of a small window that ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories: Traits and Stories of The Irish Peasantry

    by William Carleton ...
    Phelim O'Toole, who had the honor of being that interesting personage, an only son, was heir to a snug estate of half an acre, which had been the family patrimony since the time of his grandfather, Tyrrell O'Toole, who won it from the Sassenah at the point of his reaping-hook, during a descent once made upon England by a body of “spalpeens,” in the month of August. This resolute little band was ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • PHELIM OTOOLE'S COURTSHIP AND OTHER STORIES TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY

    by William Carleton ...
    "Phelim O'Toole's Courtship" is one of the short stories included in this collection. Each story in the collection offers a glimpse into the lives of the Irish peasantry, providing readers with insights into the cultural and social dynamics of the time.Carleton's writing style combines humor, satire, and social commentary, making his works both entertaining and reflective of the realities of Irish ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Emigrants Of Ahadarra

    by William Carleton ...
    In "The Emigrants of Ahadarra," Carleton explores the theme of emigration, a significant phenomenon in Irish history, particularly during the 19th century when many Irish people left their homeland due to economic hardship, famine, and social and political instability.The story revolves around a group of peasants from the fictional village of Ahadarra in rural Ireland who decide to emigrate to ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tithe-Proctor

    by William Carleton ...
    In "The Tithe-Proctor," Carleton portrays the character of Larry Toole, a tithe-proctor who collects tithes on behalf of the Anglican Church. Toole is depicted as a ruthless and oppressive figure, feared and despised by the local peasants for his harsh methods of collection.The story unfolds against the backdrop of the poverty and hardship experienced by the Irish peasants, who are burdened by ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus