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Description edit
Ann Saddlemyer's biography of W. B. Yeats's wife, George, portrays an extraordinarily talented, intelligent, and self-effacing woman, whose creative influence has never before been fully understood. She was wife and manager of a famous poet, and mother to his children, but in her own right... read more
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Characters/People edit
- George: Add a description of this character.
- Anne Hyde
- Georgie
- Michael
- Lennox Robinson
- Dorothy
- Lady Gregory
- Olivia
- Tom Macgreevy
- Ezra
- Ballylee
- Gogarty
- Willy
- Dulac
- Harold
- Margot
- Mrs Yeats
- Jack
- Maud Gonne
- Iseult
- John Quinn
- Grace
- Gilbert
- Willie
- Ottoline
- Ellmann
- Lily
- Harry
- Higgins
- Rafferty
- Hilda
- Thomas
- William
- W. B.
- Edith
- Sean
- Bessie
- Dolly
- Horton
- Ruth
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Dublin
- Ireland
- England
- Goole
- Italy
- Rapallo
- Cuala
- Paris
- New York
- France
- Wellesley
- Galway
- Sligo
- Oxford
- Swami
- America
- Riversdale
- India
- United States
- Switzerland
- Palmerston Road
- Gurteen Dhas
- Rome
- Florence
- Merrion Square
- Cannes
- Australia
- Sidmouth
- Holyhead
- Majorca
- Germany
- Spain
- Moon
- Steyning
- Europe
- Kensington
- Swedenborg
- Stone Cottage
- Rathfarnham
- Jupiter
- Belfast
- Canada
- Japan
- Monte Carlo
- Drumcliffe
- Cuchulain
- Gibraltar
- Wales
First Sentence edit
On the morning of 18 December 1889 the entire village of Compstall, Cheshire, in the ancient Township and Manor of Werneth, was in celebratory mood.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ann Saddlemyer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0198112327
Page Count: 760
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0198112327
Page Count: 760
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 821.8
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