Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry

Name: Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry
Author: William Carleton

by William Carleton

Collection of sketches depicting the manners, customs, and conflicts of Irish rural life

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William Carleton

Carleton was the preeminent chronicler of Irish peasant life before the Famine, writing with an insider's knowledge of Catholic rural Ireland. His Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry remains an invaluable social and literary document.

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