Project Gutenberg 2007-02-02 Public domain in the USA. 137 Lever, Charles James 1806 1872 Lorrequer, Harry O'Dowd, Cornelius Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Illustrated HTML by David Widger "Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2" by Charles James Lever is a historical novel likely written during the mid-19th century. The book focuses on the adventures and misadventures of Charles O'Malley, a spirited Irish dragoon officer, as he navigates the complexities of military life, friendship, and romance during the Peninsular War against the French. The opening of the volume introduces readers to some of the amusing and chaotic antics of O'Malley and his comrades, particularly through the humorous storytelling of a character known as 'the Doctor'. He recounts experiences from their time in Loughrea, emphasizing the tumultuous social life filled with dinner parties, dances, and the financial woes that come from their extravagant lifestyles. The narrative blends humor with an exploration of camaraderie among officers, setting the stage for O'Malley's character as someone who thrives amidst chaos but also faces the realities of their military service. Together with charming anecdotes and a richly developed backdrop, the beginning portrays the dual manning of joy and hardship faced by military personnel during turbulent times. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1042826 1042993 2024-10-04T08:19:08.570662 2023-10-04T07:49:57.913935 text/html text/html 1078163 2021-02-26T00:11:09 text/html; charset=utf-8 5638993 2021-02-26T00:11:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3908764 2024-10-04T08:19:25.745097 application/epub+zip 3931449 2024-10-04T08:19:14.207168 application/epub+zip 485715 2024-10-04T08:19:11.450644 application/epub+zip 4304437 2024-10-04T08:19:34.327015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4271958 2024-10-04T08:19:24.204097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 800188 2022-09-04T11:28:02.709552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 978049 977971 2024-10-04T08:19:05.885692 2023-10-04T07:49:55.748904 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 994873 2021-01-02T09:41:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 389505 2021-01-02T09:41:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 977839 2021-01-02T09:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 387126 2021-01-02T09:41:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 977830 2021-01-02T09:41:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 386921 2021-01-02T09:41:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23274 2024-10-04T08:19:34.881007 application/rdf+xml 17051 2024-10-04T08:19:12.606641 image/jpeg 3884 2024-10-04T08:19:12.032624 image/jpeg 5696810 2024-10-04T08:19:08.728668 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