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The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine

by William Carleton

William Carleton’s novel of an earlier Irish famine, published in 1847 as the Great Famine was killing hundreds of thousands. Carleton, the son of Irish-speaking farmers in Tyrone, knew rural poverty from the inside. It is angry, melodramatic and unforgettable.

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Reading time

About 9 hr 30 min

Where to find it

On the Society shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #16018. In the public domain in the United States.