Books
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The playboy of the Western World ; and, Riders to the sea | J. M. Synge | In the stormy years before Ireland at last gained her independence a brilliant revival of Irish drama took place and culminated in the foundation of the Abbey Theatre in 1904. Of those who helped to … | OL17704200W |
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Great Conversations 2 | René Descartes,Frank O'Connor,Max Planck,Nadine Gordimer,Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский,Raymond Carver,Anonymous,Николай Васильевич Гоголь,J. M. Synge,John Rawls,Edgar Allan Poe,Herman Melville,Mike Levine,Christina Georgina Rosetti,Daniel Born,John Dunne,Friedrich A. Hayek | The story of Samson, Judges 13-16 / Anonymous Selected poems / John Dunne Meditations on first philosophy / René Descartes The nose / Nikolai Gogol Grand Inquisitor / Fyodor Dostoevsky [Fa… | OL17820190W |
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Riders to the sea | J. M. Synge | It must have been on Synge's second visit to the Aran Islands that he had the experience out of which was wrought what many believe to be his greatest play. The scene of Riders to the Sea is laid in… | OL27930W |
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The playboy of the western world | J. M. Synge | In writing THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, as in my other plays, I have used one or two words only that I have not heard among the country people of Ireland, or spoken in my own nursery before I co… | OL27933W |