Legends And Tales Of Ireland

by Samuel Lover, Thomas Crofton Croker

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Genres: Fantasy

436 pages, Hardcover

First published July 29, 1987

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Reviews

[Jana · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF at about 50%. I hate to leave a book unfinished, but i'm moving and I'm not taking this with me. I rated this since it's a story collection, so despite not completing it I have a good idea of the book, and my main problem--I expected fairy tales, but got folk tales. The author is Irish, and the vernacular and customs are depicted with affection and accuracy (I assume), but there is still a bit too much of the 'dumb Paddy' variety for my taste. I don't find that sort of humour entertaining at all, but there were a few funny moments in other stories.

All in all, this book and its stories are, I suspect, no longer interesting to a modern audience. I tried.