Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland with Other Tales

Eschenbach, OlgaProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.6
Word count
321K words
Chapters
33

Tags

English Originals Everyday LifeRural LifePortrait GalleryPeasant GirlFamily BondsGirlhoodLocal AffectionGrowing UpHeartwarming NarrativeFolk Customs

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland; with Other Tales by Maria Burg et al.Author: Eschenbach, Olga,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Feb 28, 2015

Editor's review

This is an English juvenile literary work from the free Project Gutenberg ebook program, collecting Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland and other tales, compiled by Olga Eschenbach, with Maria Burg and others also named in the credits. Classified under PZ (juvenile belles lettres), it is intended for young readers and is set against Irish rural life, bearing the moral instruction and domestic narrative typical of early children's literature. As a public-domain ebook, its value lies not in a fine edition or scholarly annotation but in giving readers free access to English story texts from around the nineteenth century and a sense of the subjects and language of children's reading of the time. It suits use as English reading material for experiencing old-fashioned narrative rhythm and expanding vocabulary, and as browsing material for readers studying children's literature or Irish subjects. When reading, it is advisable to work through it piece by piece in keeping with the ebook format rather than trying to finish it in one sitting.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the title story Molly and Kitty first, then choose other tales as interest dictates to reduce reading pressure.
  2. Keep a vocabulary notebook for old-fashioned expressions and words related to Irish life.
  3. After each tale, retell the plot in two or three sentences to check your grasp of the main thread.
  4. For research, consult the bibliographic information on the Project Gutenberg page to learn about the text's source.

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Contents

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Why are several names given in the author credits? The information lists Olga Eschenbach as the author while also mentioning Maria Burg and others in the description. This usually means the book is a collection or compilation whose individual tales may have different authors. Readers may understand the credits as a combination of compiler and author information without forcing them to correspond to a single author.
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About the author

Eschenbach, Olga Author

Olga Eschenbach is a nineteenth-century author about whom very little is publicly known; surviving records note only that she wrote several literary works. One work is held in the collection: Molly and Kitty, or Peasant Life in Ireland with Other Tales. As the title and subtitle suggest, her writing draws on peasant life in rural Ireland, presenting everyday country scenes and the fortunes of its characters in narrative form, together with other short tales, in the manner of a nineteenth-century story collection. Because her dates, nationality and writing career are all unknown, present knowledge of her and her work rests chiefly on this surviving book; its choice of subject reflects the period's interest in rural life and regional settings, and offers a useful example for the study of nineteenth-century English-language stories set in the Irish countryside.