Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by W.B. Yeats (English) Hardcover Book

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This deluxe hardback edition presents W. B. Yeat's enthralling tales from Ireland's oral history, with delightful illustrations, gilded page edges and a striking gold-embossed cover design. One of Ireland's greatest writers, the Nobel-prize winner Yeats was fascinated by the myths and folklore of his native country. This passion culminated in the formation of this classic anthology which he compiled and introduced, bringing together Irish folk tales and poetry by a variety of folklorists, storytellers, poets and historians, among them Lady Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde. Within these pages, you'll discover tales of greedy sons who get their comeuppance, canny priests, evil witches and demons alongside legends of heroic kings, giants and, of course, the good folk themselves - the fairies, the leprechauns and the cluricauns. By turns charming and scary, these are yarns that have passed down through generations and which are still as entertaining and magical as when they were first recalled. This cloth-look hardback edition features beautiful illustrations, ivory pages and patterned endpapers, making a wonderful gift or keepsake for any literature lover. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Gilded Classics series presents luxury gift editions of classics works, printed on opulent ivory paper, featuring hardcover Wibilin binding, foil-embossed cover designs, beautifully designed end-papers and gilded page edges. These make perfect collectibles for lovers of classic literature.

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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a poet, writer, and one of the mainstays of the British and Irish literary scenes. In 1923 he became the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize. He spent two terms serving as a senator in Ireland and, as an Irish nationalist, he spent a brieftime in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He distanced himself from the movement before the Easter Rising of 1916, choosing instead to focus on his literary pursuits. This collection is edited by Yeats, bringing together tales and poetry by Lady Wilde, Douglas Hyde, William Allingham, Samuel Ferguson, Letitia Maclintock, T. Crofton Croker, William Carleton and Edward Walsh, among others.

Table of Contents

Introduction THE TROOPING FAIRIES The Fairies Frank Martin and the Fairies The Priest's Supper The Fairy Well of Lagnanay Teig O'Kane and the Corpse Paddy Corcoran's Wife Cusheen Loo The White Trout; A Legend of Cong The Fairy Thorn The Legend of Knockgrafton A Donegal Fairy CHANGELINGS The Brewery of Egg-shells The Fairy Nurse Jamie Freel and the Young Lady The Stolen Child THE MERROW The Soul Cages Flory Cantillon's Funeral THE SOLITARY FAIRIES Lepracaun, Cluricaun, Far Darrig i) The Lepracaun; or Fairy Shoemaker ii) Master and Man iii) Far Darrig in Donegal The Pooka i) The Piper and the Puca ii) Daniel O' Rourke iii) The Kildare Pooka The Banshee i) How Thomas Connolly Met the Banshee ii) A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald iii) The Banshee of the Mac Carthys GHOSTS A Dream Grace Connor A Legend of Tyrone The Black Lamb Song of the Ghost The Radiant Boy The Fate of Frank M'Kenna WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS Bewitched Butter (Donegal) A Queen's County Witch The Witch Hare Bewitched Butter (Donegal) The Horned Woman The Witches' Excursion The Confessions of Tom Bourke The Pudding Bewitched T'YEER-NA-A-N-OGE The Legend of O'Donoghue Rent-Day Loughleagh (Lake of Healing) Hy-Brasail - The Isle of the Beast The Phantom Isle SAINTS, PRIESTS The Priest's Soul The Priest of Coloony The Story of the Little Bird Conversion of King Laoghaire's Daughters King O'Toole and his Goose THE DEVIL The Demon Cat The Long Spoon The Countless Kathleen O'Shea The Three Wishes GIANTS The Giant's Stairs A Legend of Knockmany KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS The Twelve Wild Geese The Lazy Beauty and her Aunts The Haughty Princess The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla Munachar and Manachar Donald and his Neighbours The Jackdaw The Story of Conn-eda NOTES

Details ISBN1398820555 Author W.B. Yeats Pages 384 Language English ISBN-10 1398820555 ISBN-13 9781398820555 Format Hardcover Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Illustrations, color Series Arcturus Gilded Classics Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-01-15 AU Release Date 2023-01-15 NZ Release Date 2023-01-15 UK Release Date 2023-01-15 Publisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd Imprint Arcturus Publishing Ltd Place of Publication London Audience General We've got this

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