"Collected Short Stories" by Anthony Trollope ***
- Audiobook
- Originally published in 1800s, this collection in 2010
- English author
- Two Stories
- "Malachi's Cove":
- Malachi Trenglos, or "Old Gloss" saved seaweed and sold it for manure
- setting: Tintagel, beautiful cliffs in England
- Mally Trenglos, his granddaughter, helped as he got old, a strong hardworking girl, 20 years old
- turns out the path and cove did not belong to Trenglos
- Bertie, sworn enemy until accident occurs
- "Father Giles of Ballymoy":
- a man comes to a crowded inn, is rude to a man who crawls into bed with him
- then finds out it is the parish priest, Father Giles, and it was his bed
- shoves man down stairs, is taken to jail to protect him
- turns out the priest had been gracious to share with the narrator
- townspeople angry at him, he was ashamed
- fearful of Roman Catholics
- The suspicion followed by warm acceptance, very Irish emotional volatility, ability to let go of anger and move straight to friendship
- Review: I am not sure that the short story is Trollope's strength. I am a big Trollope fan, but these two stories, although sweet are quite simplistic, were a little too simple for my taste. Volatility of emotion is the theme of both.
No comments:
Post a Comment