James Stephens
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"The Crock of Gold" by James Stephens is a whimsical and enchanting tale that weaves together elements of mythology, folklore, and philosophy. Set in the mystical world of Irish mythology, the story follows the adventures of a leprechaun named Pat, who embarks on a quest to find the elusive Crock of Gold.
Pat's journey takes him through a series of fantastical encounters with colorful characters, including fairies, giants, and talking animals. Along...
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Stephens's first (1913) collection of short stories revolves about the often nameless clerks, typists, and office supervisors of middle-class Dublin. The 19 stories include "Women," "Three Heavy Husbands," "A Glass of Beer," "One and One," "Three Women Who Wept," "The Triangle," The Daisies," "Three Angry People," "The Threepenny Piece," and "Brigid."
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We do not know where Becfola came from. Nor do we know for certain where she went to. We do not even know her real name, for the name Becfola, "Dowerless" or "Small-dowered," was given to her as a nickname. This only is certain, that she disappeared from the world we know of, and that she went to a realm where even conjecture may not follow her.
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"The Insurrection In Dublin" is account of the Easter Rising by the poet and novelist James Stephens, first published in 1916. The event was an attempt by Irish nationalists to insight a full-blown rebellion against British rule with the intention of securing Ireland's independence. It was mainly confined to Dublin, resulting in the deaths of nearly 500 people.
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Fionn mac Uail was the most prudent chief of an army in the world, but he was not always prudent on his own account. Discipline sometimes irked him, and he would then take any opportunity that presented for an adventure; for he was not only a soldier, he was a poet also, that is, a man of science, and whatever was strange or unusual had an irresistible at-traction for him.
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Finnian, the Abbott of Moville, went southwards and eastwards in great haste. News had come to him in Donegal that there were yet people in his own province who believed in gods that he did not approve of, and the gods that we do not approve of are treated scurvily, even by saintly men.
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It happened that Fionn mac Uail had summoned the gentlemen of the Fianna and their wives to a banquet. Everybody came, for a banquet given by Fionn was not a thing to be missed. There was Goll mor mac Morna and his people; Fionn's son Oisi'n and his grandson Oscar. There was Dermod of the Gay Face, Caelte mac Ronan-but indeed there were too many to be told of, for all the pillars of war and battle-torches of the Gael were there.
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There are people who do not like dogs a bit-they are usually women-but in this story there is a man who did not like dogs. In fact, he hated them. When he saw one he used to go black in the face, and he threw rocks at it until it got out of sight. But the Power that protects all creatures had put a squint into this man's eye, so that he always threw crooked.
12) Mongan's Frenzy
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The abbot of the Monastery of Moville sent word to the storytellers of Ireland that when they were in his neighbourhood they should call at the monastery, for he wished to collect and write down the stories, which were in danger of being forgotten.
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The suspect speaker There are fifteen short short stories in this volume. All the stories are about people who have difficulty in verbal communication.People with aphasia. Aphasia is the loss of a previously held ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. These stories contain a taste, an inkling, of what it is to have aphasia: the frustrations, the anger, the...
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He was a king, a seer and a poet. He was a lord with a manifold and great train. He was our magician, our knowledgeable one, our soothsayer. All that he did was sweet with him. And, however ye deem my testimony of Fionn excessive, and, although ye hold my praising overstrained, nevertheless, and by the King that is above me, he was three times better than all I say.
15) Oisin's Mother
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Evening was drawing nigh, and the Fianna-Finn had decided to hunt no more that day. The hounds were whistled to heel, and a sober, homeward march began. For men will walk soberly in the evening, however they go in the day, and dogs will take the mood from their masters. They were pacing so, through the golden-shafted, tender-coloured eve, when a fawn leaped suddenly from covert, and, with that leap, all quietness vanished: the men shouted, the dogs...
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There are more worlds than one, and in many ways, they are unlike each other. But joy and sorrow, or, in other words, good and evil, are not absent in their degree from any of the worlds, for wherever there is life there is action, and action is but the expression of one or other of these qualities.
17) La olla de oro
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James Stephens afirmó que «en este libro hay tan solo un personaje: el ser humano» pues cada uno de los seres que pueblan sus páginas simboliza alguna de las facultades del alma humana. Sin embargo, el tiempo ha demostrado que La olla de oro va más allá de las intenciones del propio autor. Su rica dimensión simbólica y su profunda reflexión sobre la vida hacen de esta una novela inclasificable, fruto de la brillante pluma de un autor, capaz...
19) Deirdre
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Deirdre is the story of a young girl raised in isolation to become the Ulster King's wife. She instead falls in love with a young man and they elope to Scotland. Lured back to Ireland many years later, she is faced with treachery and eternal sorrow.