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The Untilled Field
George Moore
Book Overview:
As part of his involvement with the Literary Revival, he wrote a set of short stories set in Ireland, drawn from his experiences growing up on his family’s estates in Co. Mayo. The stories were intended to be translated into Irish as a part of a new tradition of Gaelic Literature.
The stories were later published in English as The Untilled Field,
As part of his involvement with the Literary Revival, he wrote a set of short stories set in Ireland, drawn from his experiences growing up on his family’s estates in Co. Mayo. The stories were intended to be translated into Irish as a part of a new tradition of Gaelic Literature.
The stories were later published in English as The Untilled Field,
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"No, I'll not open the door to-night," she said. "I'm tired and want to go to sleep."
And when he said he would break open the door, she said:—
"You're too drunk, Peter, and sorra bit of good it will do you. I'll be no wife to you to-night, and that's as true as God's in heaven."
"Peter," said his mother, "don't trouble her to-night. There has been too much dancing and drinking."
"It's a hard thing ... shut out of his wife's room."
"Peter, don't vex her to-night. Don't hammer her door any more."
"Didn't she acquie-esh? Mother, you have always been agin me. Didn't she acquie-esh?"
"Oh, Peter, why do you say I'm agin you?"
"Did you hear her say that I was drunk. If you tell me I'm drunk I'll say no more. I'll acquie-esh."
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Whilst the book has some wit about society in Ireland at the time, oppressed by poverty and the Catholic Church, this book is widely outdated and much too sparse to be enjoyed thoroughly by an audience of this time.
I wanted to read Moore's naturalist, rural short-story cycle of the Irish identity a decade before Joyce's more famous urban offering (Dubliners), and I wonder whether it perhaps offers a more truthful depiction of the Irish of the time. However, the quality of the writing is not consistent here, an
Some people might read these connected short stories of village life at the turn of the last century as simplistic stereotyping of the Irish. Moore’s characters are uneducated and poor. They drink too much and have a superstitious fear of priests (one comments that the priest could turn them into ra
احدى قصص الكتاب بعنوان " قصة بغية الكاتب "
جورج مور ...
هو من رواد النهضة الأدبية الايرلندية وأحد أبرز رواد الطبيعية في الأدب الانكليزي .. متأثرا ً بإميل زولا ..
رواياته :
* أستر ووترز وهي من أشهر نماذج الرواية الواقعية في الأدب الانكليزي ..
* البحيرة
* غدير كريت
ومن أشهر مجموعاته القصصية:
حقل لم يُ
These are gently paced stories that create pictures of country life. Moore was an observer rather than a participant in this life, in that his people were landed, but his stories do not ridicule the poor. The power of the parish priest is evident, as is Moore's lack of respect for this figure, but t
Although Frank O'Connor and James Joyce are more accomplished short-story writers, Moore's "The Untilled Field" is a sharp and fascinating look at Ireland at the last turn of the century (19th to 20th). The work is a "Winesburg, Ohio" hybrid--in other words, part short-story collection and part nove