The Irish Sketchbook of 1842.
Author: THACKERAY, William Makepiece.
Publisher: Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing, 2005 (First Published 1843). 319 pages. Paperback.
Acclaimed author and satirist William Makepeace Thackeray toured Ireland in 1842 and the resulting travelogue is re-published here in this beautiful volume. Primarily a travel diary, Thackeray had a keen eye for humour and a turn of phrase that will attract many.
Beginning in Dublin and journeying through Kildare, Wicklow, Cork, Galway, Killarney and many more locations before returning once more to Dublin, this book paints an intimate and enjoyable portrait of Ireland in the 1840’s prior to the Famine and from the perspective of a witty and acerbic British Journalist. The undertones of superiority and anti-popery (Anti-Catholicism) never threaten to undo the humour and quality of the observations.
It is the keen eye for detail and the humour inherent in his tone that gives this book its enduring readability, The Irish Sketchbook is a fascinating and intriguing account of this island in times gone by.
ISBN: 1845885384
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