The Pilgrimage

'She felt like a woman imprisoned in a luxurious room; to whom visitors are admitted; whose life goes on very much as it has always done; but who is conscious that if she lifted the thick carpet she would gaze down into a pit of wild beasts.'

Julia Gly...

The Waking of Willie Ryan

Willie Ryan returns to his home town in 'the great central plain of Ireland', having escaped from the insane asylum where he was committed, and unvisited, by his devout Catholic family for twenty-five years. The given pretext for his commitment was an atta...