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This romantic melodrama set in rural Killarney in the early 19th century was based on a real case of 1829. Its impressive Irish locations, thrilling characters, complex plot involving love, rivalry, secrecy, betrayal, and impressive denoument made it into one of the most successful thrillers of its day.Recently home from college, young Hardess Cregan rescues poor but striking Eily O'Connor and her father from an unruly mob in the street, with the help of his hunchback foster-brother and sidekick, Danny Mann. Although he is courting his wealthy cousin, Anne Chute, he is smitten by Eily's beauty. And to complicate matters further, his friend and fellow collegian, Kyrle, is also in love with Anne - and vying hard with him for her attentions.He secretly marries Eily, but her unsophisticated ways soon begin to anger him. And - arrogant and full of roguish self-confidence - when his mother starts to push him into the very advantageous marriage with Anne, he starts to reconsider his choices...Married to one, engaged to another: can Hardess extricate himself from this impasse? It seems he's trapped - until Danny suggest that perhaps if Eily were to 'disappear', his problems would be solved...
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Gerald Griffin was born in Limerick, Ireland, in1803. The son of a brewer, he went to London in 1823 and became a reporter for one of the daily papers, and later turned to writing fiction. In 1838 he burned all of his unpublished manuscripts and joined the Catholic religious order, Congregation of Christian Brothers, in Cork. He later died at their monastery. Gerald Griffin has a street named after him in Limerick City and Cork City, Ireland. Robert Giddings is a well-established literary critic who regularly reviews for many publications including the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman.
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The story is based on a real crime which was something of a sensation at the time. It follows the fortunes of the two Collegians, Hardness Cregan and his old college friend Kyle Daly. Kyle is the steady sensible one who is a little unfortunate in love. Hardness is the Lovable rogue he secretly marries the beautiful but poor Eily without thinking of the consequences. He then deserts Eily for the equally beautiful but much richer Ann. Unfortunately his plan to dispose of Eily ends in tragedy and for the rest of the novel Hardness in a full Macbethian style guilt trip gradually self destructs.
In this novel Griffin guides you through the beautiful landscapes of Killarney, Ireland which is peopled with the drunken and debauched upper classes and their comical servants.
If you have an Interest in Ireland and enjoy reading 19th century literature you should enjoy this novel because it really is a very good read.
In this novel Griffin guides you through the beautiful landscapes of Killarney, Ireland which is peopled with the drunken and debauched upper classes and their comical servants.
If you have an Interest in Ireland and enjoy reading 19th century literature you should enjoy this novel because it really is a very good read.
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