Author : Samuel Lover Year of publication: 2009 Format: Paperback Signature: No First edition :No Condition: New Category: Childrens books Cost of book: £5.99 Price negotiable: No
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A reprint of the 1831 classic by Samuel Lover. ISBN 9781907256011
It is a widely held belief, especially amongst the
peoples of English-speaking nations, that the Irish have the gift of the gab. Samuel
Lover’s Irish Stories and Legends shows
the utter truthfulness of this conviction.
After a recitation by Samuel Lover of a few tales at
a dinner party, he was subsequently convinced to publish two of them
in the Dublin
Literary Gazette. The
favourable reception of these tales resulted
in Irish Stories and Legends, an
exquisite and exceptional volume of Irish folklore. Prepared and collated
with very few changes, Samuel Lover wanted to stay true to the original
stories, so that the written story would enchant readers as though it were
being presented in the vernacular.
So
curl up with this unique piece of Irish folklore, not seen in print for over
one hundred and seventy years, and let the Gift of the Irish enchant and
captivate you.
Samuel
Lover (1797–1868) was an Irish novelist, a songwriter, and a
painter of portraits. So famous was this son of Ireland
that a memorial to him stands in St Patrick’s Cathedral, in Dublin. Less well-known is the fact that he
was the also the grandfather of Victor Herbert, a famous Broadway composer.
Renowned
for his clever twist of phrase, Samuel Lover once said, "When once the
itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of
a pen". We’re grateful that he never stopped “itching”! Later in life, Samuel moved to London and joined with
Dickens in founding Bentley's Magazine. Dickens was the magazine’s first
editor, and Oliver Twist its first
serial. Lover certainly kept illustrious company.
The
memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral summarises Lover’s achievements thusly: Poet,
painter, novelist and composer, who, in the exercise of a genius as
distinguished in its versatility as in its power, by his pen and pencil
illustrated so happily the characteristics of the peasantry of his country that
his name will ever be honourably identified with Ireland.
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