The Dead in Classics Without All the Class

Sep 28, 2022 Cecily rated it liked it

Shelves: ageing-and-old-age, short-stories-and-novellas, god-religion-faith, politics, christmas, ireland, death-grief-bereavement-mortality, love-not-soppy-romance, class-etiquette

It’s snowy in Dublin as guests arrive for the Misses Morkan’s annual Christmas dinner dance. There’s bustle, busyness, confusion of names and relationships, comings and goings, greetings and gossip. It felt better suited to the stage (and I later found out it has been adapted for stage and screen). The hosts are musical and generous, but middle class and not affluent.

And so it continued for about 20 of about 30 pages, adding a little context for most of the characters. I found it rather dull (e ...more

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Jul 07, 2013 Nissa Rachmidwiati rated it it was amazing

Don't ever put this down before you reach the few last pages. I don't know what page it is since I read this using Project Gutenberg's online book. Just please, don't put this book down before you finish. A perfectly written novella. It will leave you feeling stirred.

PS.
Listen to The Lass of Aughrim if you don't know the song once you reach to what I call "the last few pages". You'll get what I mean once you read this. I had never heard that Irish song as well before, but then having heard the s ...more

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