The Lady of Deerpark

by Seumas O'Kelly

Set in the west of Ireland of the 1890's, The Lady of Deerpark is a "big house" novel-an ironic elegy for an Ireland in decay. It is distinguished by craft as well as humor, by a stylistic strength and suppleness that can mix realist and symbolist modes, cut tragedy with farce, comedy with satire, and brush all up with a touch of Turgenev and the Gothic. It is as full of texture, color, and animation as a Jack Yeats painting.

"O'Kelly's novel is one of the forgotten gems of the Irish Literary Revival." -Eamon Grennan



288 pages

$16.95

Publication December 19, 1996

978-1885983-14-5

Fiction

340 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1996

About the author

Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish writer and playwright.

Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper The Southern Star. He moved from the Southern Star to the Leinster Leader in Naas where he remained as Editor until he went to work for Griffith's paper. His more militant brother took over at the paper and was interned after the Rising. Seumas returned to the Leader for a brief stint. There is a plaque in his honour outside the Leader's offices which reads 'Seumas O'Kelly - a gentle revolutionary.' He wrote numerous plays, short stories, and novels. His short story "The Weaver’s Grave" is among the most acclaimed of Irish short stories. A radio version of this, adapted and produced by Mícheál Ó hAodha, won the Prix Italia for Radio Drama in 1961.

A friend of Arthur Griffith, he worked with the Sinn Féin newspaper Nationality in 1916. He died prematurely of a heart attack following a raid at the paper’s headquarters at Harcourt St.

Reviews

[Xirmiri]

Me ha gustado mucho más de lo que esperaba en un inicio. Un dramón con muchos detalles de Irlanda y personajes interesantes.