Project Gutenberg 2005-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 89 Carleton, William 1794 1869 Flanery, M. L. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Widger "Going to Maynooth" by William Carleton is a fictional narrative written in the early 19th century. The story centers on young Denis O'Shaughnessy, a promising farm boy destined for the priesthood, who is caught in the interplay of familial pride, ambition, and the whimsical nature of youth. The tale explores his aspirations, the pressure of his family's expectations, and the humorous dynamics of his interactions with both his father and the girls of his acquaintance. The opening of the book introduces us to Denis O'Shaughnessy and his family, particularly his father, old Denis, who is proud of his son's intellectual prowess and arguments. Young Denis is portrayed as a precocious youth, eager to prove his learning and often indulging in exaggerated debates to showcase his education. Amidst this, we see the social expectations placed on Denis to become a priest, which causes him to grapple with his identity. As he prepares for Maynooth, the narrative hints at the youthful tensions between ambition and the simple pleasures of life, particularly in his budding romance with a neighbor, Susan Connor, setting the stage for the complexities that will arise as he navigates his new role. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/16016/16016-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 356932 356929 2024-10-07T08:23:09.942960 2023-09-07T09:24:26.612345 text/html text/html 366530 2021-01-26T00:40:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 332364 2021-01-26T00:40:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 341053 2024-10-07T08:23:13.969913 application/epub+zip 345608 2024-10-07T08:23:10.550974 application/epub+zip 199082 2024-10-07T08:23:10.209952 application/epub+zip 440973 2024-10-07T08:23:16.869940 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 422105 2024-10-07T08:23:13.698921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275795 2022-09-08T00:54:41.567282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307180 2024-10-07T08:23:09.503944 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311059 2020-12-09T20:45:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 120529 2020-12-09T20:45:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 307160 2020-12-09T20:45:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120059 2020-12-09T20:45:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21184 2024-10-07T08:23:17.006917 application/rdf+xml 13324 2024-10-07T08:23:10.318948 image/jpeg 2256 2024-10-07T08:23:10.263932 image/jpeg 331882 2024-10-07T08:23:09.978937 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