Project Gutenberg 2005-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 118 Carleton, William 1794 1869 Flanery, M. L. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "Willy Reilly" by William Carleton is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative revolves around the titular character, Willy Reilly, who navigates themes of love and personal honor amidst the backdrop of Ireland's turbulent social and political climate. The story also touches on familial loyalty and the stark realities of inter-religious conflicts during a time when such issues were deeply embedded in the fabric of Irish society. At the start of the book, we meet Squire Folliard and his servant, Andy Cummiskey, as they are traveling down a desolate Irish road during a foreboding evening. They quickly lose their way in a thick fog and encounter the Red Rapparee, a notorious outlaw. In a tense confrontation, they are saved by the timely arrival of Willy Reilly, who stands up to the Rapparee and protects them. This opening scene establishes Reilly as a brave and honorable man, while simultaneously introducing the dangerous atmosphere of the era, characterized by lawlessness and sectarian animosities. The relationship between Reilly and Folliard's daughter, the beautiful Cooleen Bawn, is foreshadowed as a central element in the unfolding story, hinting at romantic tensions amid the sociopolitical struggles of their world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16001/16001-h/images/frontispiece.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/16001/16001-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1098804 1098788 2024-10-07T08:19:23.816161 2023-09-07T09:21:27.999336 text/html text/html 1144647 2021-02-25T21:23:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 2593267 2021-02-25T21:23:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 2805721 2024-10-07T08:19:34.000181 application/epub+zip 2824955 2024-10-07T08:19:25.099195 application/epub+zip 472654 2024-10-07T08:19:24.396195 application/epub+zip 3088197 2024-10-07T08:19:41.429090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3030663 2024-10-07T08:19:33.407113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 681267 2022-09-08T00:49:49.942398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 941628 2024-10-07T08:19:21.727206 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 955806 2018-03-01T14:37:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 355203 2018-03-20T05:01:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 941614 2005-06-07T14:53:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 353454 2005-06-07T14:55:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 941605 2005-06-07T14:53:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 353435 2005-06-07T14:55:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23186 2024-10-07T08:19:41.575062 application/rdf+xml 12337 2024-10-07T08:19:24.509173 image/jpeg 1987 2024-10-07T08:19:24.452171 image/jpeg 2593201 2024-10-07T08:19:23.954180 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia