Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry: Volume 1

Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry is considered William Carleton's greatest work. No other work of the first half of the nineteenth century conveys so well the rural life of the period. Apart from being immensely entertaining, these stories are essential reading for the literary and history student of the period. These two volumes reprint the Definitive Edition of 1842-44 and include a wealth of illustrations by famous illustrators of the time.