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Résumé de La Jeune Irlandaise
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About 7 h to read.À qui s’adresse-t-il ?
This is for readers who love letters, old castles, harp music and Irish legend, and for anyone who enjoys a romance with a secret and a narrator who learns to see.
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What happens to a young man who has stopped enjoying anything when his father sends him into exile on an Irish estate? Horatio Mortimer expects bogs, rags and savages. Instead he meets a starving peasant who shares his last comfort, a priest who quotes Horace, and a girl who sings to a harp in a ruined castle.
The Wild Irish Girl was written by Lady Morgan and published in 1806. It is a novel told in letters, packed with songs, legends and notes on history. You get a love story, a travel book and an argument about a whole country.
Dans ce résumé
- 1A spendthrift son is sent into Irish exileFree
- 2Ireland breaks Horatio's prejudice on the road
- 3A steward, a Lodge and an old grievance
- 4A fall from a wall brings him inside
- 5The painter becomes tutor and pupil to Glorvina
- 6Ossian, May Day and the verb to love
- 7Strange gifts, a journey north and a farewell
- 8Prejudice, power and the Irish poor
- 9Love, disguise and the cost of a lie
- 10Letters, notes and songs shape the telling
Point clé 1 sur 10
A spendthrift son is sent into Irish exile
Horatio sits in London's King's Bench prison. He has wasted his money on gambling, fashionable friends and an affair with a married woman. His father, the Earl of M, pays every debt. The price is a summer in Ireland, on the family estate in Connaught, with his mind on law books.
Horatio finds this kindness harder to bear than a punishment. His heart is cold, and he cannot enjoy music or poetry.
He treats the trip as banishment to a half barbarous country. A childhood book told him that Irish chiefs once sat naked around their fires, and the picture has hardened into prejudice.
A bored man with a closed mind is the right traveller for a book about changing your view.
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About 7 h to read.Questions about La Jeune Irlandaise
What is The Wild Irish Girl about?
It is a novel in letters about Horatio Mortimer, a spoiled young Englishman sent to his father's Irish estate. He meets a Prince, a priest and the Prince's daughter Glorvina, and his view of Ireland changes as he falls in love.
Who is Glorvina in the book?
Glorvina is the daughter of the Prince of Inismore. She plays the harp, speaks several languages, heals the sick and loves her father and her country. Horatio calls her the Wild Irish Girl of the title.
Why is the book told in letters?
Most numbered letters are written by Horatio to his friend J. D. in London. The form lets the reader follow his feelings as they change, and it gives the story a lively, personal voice with jokes, poems and confessions.
Is The Wild Irish Girl worth reading today?
It offers a love story, a mystery and a vivid picture of Irish music, customs and history seen through the eyes of a changing narrator. Its warm voice, short letters and many songs make it easy to enjoy in pieces.
Cite this edition
Morgan, Sydney. The Wild Irish Girl. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wild-irish-girl.
Morgan, S. (2026). The wild Irish girl. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wild-irish-girl (Original work published 1806)
Morgan, Sydney. The Wild Irish Girl. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wild-irish-girl.
@book{morgan2026wild,
author = {Morgan, Sydney},
title = {The Wild Irish Girl},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-wild-irish-girl},
note = {First published 1806}
}
