Charles Anderson Read
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Charles Anderson Read was an Irish
journalist, novelist and anthologist.
, County Down
, but when it failed he moved to London
, becoming a journalist.
He produced numerous sketches, poems, short tales, and nine novels. Two much-acclaimed novels were Savourneen Dheelish (1869) and Aileen Aroon (1870). The former dealt with the same episode as William Carleton
's short story Wildgoose Lodge, i.e. the Wildgoose Lodge Murders
of 1816. Before his death, in Surrey in 1878, he had completed three of four projected volumes of The Cabinet of Irish Literature. The final volume was edited by T. P. O'Connor
.
Ireland
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journalist, novelist and anthologist.
Life
He was born to a landowning family near Sligo. He had a business in RathfrilandRathfriland
Rathfriland is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a hilltop Plantation of Ulster settlement between the Mourne Mountains, Slieve Croob and Banbridge. It had a population of 2,079 people in the 2001 Census.-History:...
, County Down
County Down
-Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:...
, but when it failed he moved to London
London
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, becoming a journalist.
He produced numerous sketches, poems, short tales, and nine novels. Two much-acclaimed novels were Savourneen Dheelish (1869) and Aileen Aroon (1870). The former dealt with the same episode as William Carleton
William Carleton
William Carleton was an Irish novelist.Carleton's father was a Roman Catholic tenant farmer, who supported fourteen children on as many acres, and young Carleton passed his early life among scenes similar to those he later described in his books...
's short story Wildgoose Lodge, i.e. the Wildgoose Lodge Murders
Wildgoose Lodge Murders
The Wildgoose Lodge Murders refers to the murder of eight people by burning in Wildgoose Lodge, County Louth in 1816. This event inspired works by William Carleton in a short story from 1830, and by other authors.-Summary:...
of 1816. Before his death, in Surrey in 1878, he had completed three of four projected volumes of The Cabinet of Irish Literature. The final volume was edited by T. P. O'Connor
T. P. O'Connor
Thomas Power O'Connor , known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay, was a journalist, an Irish nationalist political figure, and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.-Biography:O'Connor was born in...
.
Select bibliography
- Love's Service
- Savourneen Dheelish (1869)
- Aileen Aroon (1870)
- The Cabinet of Irish Literature (3 volumes) (1876–1878)