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...James Stephens was an early 20th century Irish poet and writer. His humor and lyric writing style are a wonderful addition to the retelling of Irish fairytales. His novels A Crock of Gold and Etched in Moonlight are also based on Irish fairytales. The Crock of Gold is an adult fairy tale. First published in 1912 this Irish tale tells the story of two philosophers who live together in a pine tree. They are entangled in a strange feud with a group of leprechauns...
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James Stephens, poet and storyteller, was born in Dublin in 1880. From 1915 to 1924 he was registrar of the National Gallery in Dublin. He spent the remaining years of his life in London where he broadcast frequently from the BBC. He died in 1950.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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James Stephens was working as a clerk in a solicitor's office in Dublin when he wrote this book. As far as I know It was written around 1911. This book Places Mr Stephens among the ranks of writers such as W.B. Yeats & James Joyce.
A match for Lewis Carroll's Alice stories, this book is a treasure of Irish literature. Philosophers, Policemen, Leprechauns, and a naked woman here & there all provide the ingredients for a great read. Why has Holywood ignored this script I ask?
My favorite line from The book " A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust."
Ok just one more " The scalp of your enemy is progress"
Buy this classic, place it next to Joyce & Yeats on your bookshelf.
Go raibh Maith agat.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book was a gloriously magical reading experience. Suitable for all ages and temperaments, it is an adventure celebrating Life and Love in all its aspects. It provides something for everyone, lyrical prose, humour, mischief, nature as we SHOULD but know it, loss and yearning, innocence of childhood...I could go on and on. It is a story with many layers of meaning, one to remember forever.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The content is absolutely glorious. It manages to be funny and serious, even solemn. It moves between legend, fantasy and even at times the commonplace. It is full of gems of language (a curse in ehich "policemsn were exposed naked to the blushes of Eternity", for instance0. But the production is awful. It seems to have been reproduced from an edition with smaller pages, and whenever a word was hyphenated at the end of a line, the hyphen is solemny reproduced in the middle of th text. So while the book itself merits five stars, this edition scores only two!
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A poor poor edition of a great great book
DON'T BUY THIS VERSION of 'The Crock'. Find an original old edition. This one is not from an established publishing house. It is riddled with typos and clumsy double spaces. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Leonard B
One of my all time favourites
A favourite philosofic saga of mine. I first read it as a teenager and I still love the book. One of the few books that I have read more than just once.
Published 4 months ago by Mårten Ronsten
Timeless Classic
Through use of the folk tale, this book contains such depth and charm, that you are left with a sense of having gained a renewed faith in the beauty of life. Read more
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