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1986


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The Country Girls Trilogy

Edna O'Brien
Contemporary UK Literature

The Country Girls Trilogy

Though the inside flap copy describes the trilogy as ‘Dickensian’, I have to disagree with that description. There’s a reason these books were censored in Ireland when they were first published and implying that these books have any ‘quaintness’ of tone is really not capturing what O’Brien is attempting to say.

March 21, 2022March 20, 2022 by S. Hargrave — Comment on The Country Girls Trilogy
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