353:
269:
85:, James Cahalan wrote: The novel is interspersed with sardonic socialist polemics, and contains an extreme representation of the landlord’s agent, Chadwick, who seduces and ruins Ellie Gleeson and exclaims against the peasants, "I’m going to root them out like a nest of rats."
124:- In his early 50s at the novel's start, he is the brother-in-law of Brian Kilmartin. At the age of eight, on his parents' deaths he had surrendered his land to Brian Kilmartin, his sister Maggie's husband. He has lived with the Kilmartins since then.
118:- Aged 19 at the novel's start, she is the wife of Martin. A beautiful woman with shining, black hair, she is the daughter of a weaver named Barney Gleeson. It is mentioned in the book that the women at that time kept their maiden name after marriage.
19:
78:
said of one of the novel's characters: "Mary
Kilmartin (the heroine) has been singled out by two generations of critics as one of the great creations of modern literature. And so she is."
106:- Aged 71 at novel's start, he is a tenant farmer with land in the Black Valley. He was a migratory worker as a young man until he acquired his land from Thomsy Hynes.
453:
404:
194:
433:
63:
of the 1840s, the novel tells the story of three generations of the
Kilmartin family. The novel is critical of the constitutional politics of
458:
215:
203:
397:
374:
428:
256:
378:
448:
438:
187:
443:
390:
67:, which are depicted as laying the oppressed Irish of the 19th century open to the famine that would destroy their society.
180:
88:
O'Flaherty dedicated the book to John Ford, in thanks and honor of his 1935 film adaptation of O'Flaherty's novel,
309:
301:
90:
224:
75:
60:
423:
232:
240:
64:
317:
284:
23:
207:
40:
364:
360:
52:
325:
417:
352:
172:
56:
36:
268:
164:
136:- Brian's other surviving son, he is sick at the beginning of the novel.
18:
48:
153:
17:
176:
112:- Aged 25 at novel's start, he is Brian's oldest surviving son.
368:
377:. Further suggestions might be found on the article's
83:
Great Hatred, Little Room: The Irish
Historical Novel
294:
276:
214:
43:published in 1937. Set in the fictionally named
165:John Broderick, Irish Times, 19 January, 1980.
398:
188:
8:
405:
391:
195:
181:
173:
375:See guidelines for writing about novels
146:
454:Works about the Great Famine (Ireland)
7:
349:
347:
154:Unofficial Liam O'Flaherty Homepage
130:- Brian's wife and Thomsy's sister.
367:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
351:
267:
1:
459:1930s historical novel stubs
475:
346:
434:Novels by Liam O'Flaherty
429:20th-century Irish novels
265:
22:First US edition (publ.
449:Irish historical novels
439:Novels set in the 1840s
27:
444:Novels set in Ireland
359:This article about a
21:
225:Thy Neighbour's Wife
70:In a review for the
51:(there is an actual
241:Return of the Brute
363:of the 1930s is a
28:
24:The Literary Guild
386:
385:
341:
340:
134:Michael Kilmartin
466:
407:
400:
393:
361:historical novel
355:
348:
330:(1968, based on
295:Film adaptations
271:
197:
190:
183:
174:
167:
162:
156:
151:
110:Martin Kilmartin
65:Daniel O'Connell
474:
473:
469:
468:
467:
465:
464:
463:
414:
413:
412:
411:
344:
342:
337:
290:
272:
263:
210:
208:Liam O'Flaherty
201:
171:
170:
163:
159:
152:
148:
143:
104:Brian Kilmartin
100:
47:in the west of
41:Liam O'Flaherty
12:
11:
5:
472:
470:
462:
461:
456:
451:
446:
441:
436:
431:
426:
416:
415:
410:
409:
402:
395:
387:
384:
383:
356:
339:
338:
336:
335:
323:
315:
307:
298:
296:
292:
291:
289:
288:
280:
278:
274:
273:
266:
264:
262:
261:
253:
245:
237:
229:
220:
218:
212:
211:
202:
200:
199:
192:
185:
177:
169:
168:
157:
145:
144:
142:
139:
138:
137:
131:
125:
119:
113:
107:
99:
98:Character list
96:
76:John Broderick
35:is a novel by
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
471:
460:
457:
455:
452:
450:
447:
445:
442:
440:
437:
435:
432:
430:
427:
425:
422:
421:
419:
408:
403:
401:
396:
394:
389:
388:
382:
380:
376:
372:
370:
366:
362:
357:
354:
350:
345:
333:
329:
328:
324:
321:
320:
316:
313:
312:
308:
305:
304:
300:
299:
297:
293:
286:
282:
281:
279:
275:
270:
259:
258:
254:
251:
250:
246:
243:
242:
238:
235:
234:
230:
227:
226:
222:
221:
219:
217:
213:
209:
205:
198:
193:
191:
186:
184:
179:
178:
175:
166:
161:
158:
155:
150:
147:
140:
135:
132:
129:
126:
123:
120:
117:
114:
111:
108:
105:
102:
101:
97:
95:
93:
92:
86:
84:
79:
77:
73:
68:
66:
62:
59:) during the
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
34:
33:
25:
20:
16:
373:
369:expanding it
358:
343:
332:The Informer
331:
326:
318:
311:The Informer
310:
303:The Informer
302:
257:Insurrection
255:
248:
247:
239:
233:The Informer
231:
223:
160:
149:
133:
128:Maggie Hynes
127:
122:Thomsy Hynes
121:
116:Mary Gleeson
115:
109:
103:
91:The Informer
89:
87:
82:
80:
72:Irish Times,
71:
69:
61:Great Famine
57:County Kerry
53:Black Valley
45:Black Valley
44:
31:
30:
29:
15:
424:1937 novels
319:The Puritan
418:Categories
285:The Sniper
141:References
379:talk page
287:" (1923)
327:Uptight
277:Stories
74:author
49:Ireland
39:writer
322:(1938)
314:(1935)
306:(1929)
260:(1950)
252:(1937)
249:Famine
244:(1929)
236:(1925)
228:(1923)
216:Novels
32:Famine
204:Works
37:Irish
365:stub
206:by
81:In
55:in
420::
94:.
406:e
399:t
392:v
381:.
371:.
334:)
283:"
196:e
189:t
182:v
26:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.