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A Treasury of Irish Literature celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the Ireland with a generous selection of poetry and prose that spans two centuries.

Ireland s celebrated poetic legacy is represented by more than 200 poems from twenty-five of the nation s most distinguished poets, including Thomas Moore, James Clarence Mangan, Samuel Ferguson, Thomas Osborne Davis, Aubrey de Vere, Katharine Tynan-Hinkson, William Allingham, Lionel Johnson, John Millington Synge, and William Butler Yeats.

In addition, this volume includes a representative selection of fiction by Maria Edgeworth, George Moore, William Carleton, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, and Oscar Wilde, as well as the full text of James Joyce s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

A Treasury of Irish Literature is one of Barnes & Noble s Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world s greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.