Liam O'Flaherty: the Collected Stories, A 3 Volume Set

by Edited by A. A. Kelly

• ISBN13: 9780312229061
• ISBN10: 0312229062
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-06-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

These long-awaited volumes bring together, for the first time ever, the complete short stories of Ireland's master storyteller, Liam O'Flaherty--from great classics like "The Sniper" to previously unpublished originals. These 182 stories include all those included in previous anthologies; the Irish language stories; stories which have never before been collected inn book form; and original stories published here for the first time. This luxurious set will be a treasure for all those who know and love the work of one of Ireland's most skilled and passionate writers.

Author Biography

A. A. Kelly has a Doctorate in English Literature and has taught and lectured in Europe and the US.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(11)
Spring Sowing	11	(9)
Bas na Bo	17	(3)
The Cow's Death	20	(3)
Benedicamus Domino	23	(5)
The Wave	28	(3)
The Tramp	31	(10)
The Rockfish	41	(3)
The Landing	44	(6)
Beauty	50	(3)
The Blackbird	53	(3)
Selling Pigs	56	(6)
Blood Lust	62	(3)
His First Flight	65	(6)
An Charraig Dhubh	68	(3)
A Shilling	71	(3)
Three Lambs	74	(4)
A Pig in a Bedroom	78	(5)
The Wren's Nest	83	(3)
The Black Mare	86	(7)
An Fiach	91	(2)
Sport: The Kill	93	(3)
The Sniper	96	(4)
Two Dogs	100	(3)
The Hook	103	(3)
The Doctor's Visit	106	(7)
The Wild Sow	113	(3)
A Pot of Gold	116	(6)
The Fight	122	(4)
Colic	126	(4)
Josephine	130	(6)
The Struggle	136	(2)
Wolf Lanigan's Death	138	(7)
The Black Bullock	145	(4)
The Bladder	149	(3)
Going into Exile	152	(11)
Fod	161	(2)
The Tent	163	(7)
Milking Time	170	(3)
Blackmail	173	(7)
The Conger Eel	180	(3)
Civil War	183	(6)
The Foolish Butterfly	189	(3)
The Wild Goat's Kid	192	(6)
The Terrorist	198	(4)
The Old Hunter	202	(8)
Offerings	210	(3)
The Jealous Hens	213	(3)
The Fireman's Death	216	(3)
Stoney Batter	219	(8)
The Wounded Cormorant	227	(3)
The Inquisition	230	(8)
Davine Bochta	235	(3)
Poor People	238	(4)
The Tyrant	242	(5)
The Lost Thrush	247	(3)
The Outcast	250	(4)
A Red Petticoat	254	(7)
Trapped	261	(6)
Mother and Son	267	(3)
The Stolen Ass	270	(4)
Charity	274	(3)
The Sensualist	277	(7)
Your Honour	284	(4)
At the Forge	288	(3)
The Wing Three-Quarter	291	(6)
The Reaping Race	297	(6)
The Mountain Tavern	303	(7)
The Blackbird's Mate	310	(5)
The Oar	315	(5)
The Ditch	320	(10)
It was the Devil's Work	330	(12)
An Seabhac	337	(5)
The Hawk	342	(4)
The Painted Woman	346	(21)
Sources	367
Introduction	9	(2)
Red Barbara	11	(7)
Birth	18	(4)
Prey	22	(3)
Mackerel for Sale	25	(9)
The Fall of Joseph Timmins	34	(9)
The Fairy Goose	43	(6)
The Alien Skull	49	(6)
The Sinner	55	(10)
The Black Rabbit	65	(4)
The Letter	69	(5)
The Little White Dog	74	(3)
The Stream	77	(4)
The Strange Disease	81	(5)
The Stone	86	(5)
The Child of God	91	(16)
The Renegade	107	(3)
The Last Horse	110	(4)
Making a Home	114	(5)
Non-Stop	119	(3)
Pay on Cruiser	122	(6)
The Lost Child	128	(3)
Two Lovely Beasts	131	(25)
An Luchog	152	(4)
The Mouse	156	(4)
The Bath	160	(22)
Teangabhail	174	(8)
The Touch	182	(12)
An Chearc Uisce	190	(4)
The Water Hen	194	(4)
The Flute-Player	198	(15)
An Beo	207	(6)
Life	213	(6)
Grey Seagull	219	(12)
The Lament	231	(14)
Light	245	(3)
The Tide	248	(3)
The Challenge	251	(7)
The Seal	258	(9)
An Chulaith Nua	261	(6)
The New Suit	267	(7)
The Wedding	274	(15)
The Parting	289	(8)
The Eviction	297	(10)
The Old Woman	307	(6)
The Beggars	313	(15)
Galway Bay	328	(11)
A Public Scandal	339	(3)
The Night Porter	342	(12)
An Extraordinary Case	354	(5)
A Dublin Eviction	359	(2)
One Hundred Pounds	361	(10)
The Library	371	(3)
Unclean	374	(9)
The Wild Swan	383	(4)
Brosnan	387	(10)
Sources	397
Introduction	9	(2)
The Test of Courage	11	(30)
Oifig an Phoist	21	(20)
The Post Office	41	(25)
An Scathan	62	(4)
The Mirror	66	(16)
An Buille	70	(12)
The Blow	82	(13)
Moving	95	(3)
The Intellectual	98	(4)
The Cutting of Tom Bottle	102	(15)
The Cake	117	(4)
The Backwoodsman's Daughter	121	(5)
Idle Gossip	126	(5)
Limpets	131	(3)
The Accident	134	(11)
The Good Samaritan	145	(4)
The Tinker-Woman's Child	149	(4)
In Each Beginning is an End	153	(6)
A Public House at Night	159	(3)
Tidy Tim's Donkey	162	(3)
Indian Summer	165	(12)
A Grave Reason	177	(4)
The Black Cat	181	(7)
An Ounce of Tobacco	188	(9)
Duil	194	(3)
Desire	197	(3)
Match-making	200	(20)
Dioltas	205	(15)
The Pedlar's Revenge	220	(12)
All Things Come of Age	232	(12)
Mearbhall	236	(8)
The Fanatic	244	(11)
Patsa, or the Belly of Gold	255	(7)
Wild Stallions	262	(6)
The Mermaid	268	(12)
Uisce Faoi Dhraiocht	273	(7)
The Enchanted Water	280	(6)
Lovers	286	(7)
The Flood	293	(3)
The Salted Goat	296	(4)
The White Bitch	300	(3)
The Proclamation	303	(7)
The Field of Young Corn	310	(5)
The Black Sheep's Daughter	315	(11)
For Love or Money	326	(9)
An tAonach	333	(2)
A Tin Can	335	(2)
Bohunk	337	(12)
A Crow Fight	349	(3)
King of Inishcam	352	(13)
Timoney's Ass	365	(4)
Fishing	369	(5)
The Arrest	374	(4)
The Caress	378	(21)
Sources	399