Parnell and His Island (1887) is a somewhat linear collection of essays in autobiographical worldbuilding. The parts are not numbered or called “chapters” in the book as they are here for clarity.
Though the essays exhibit the severe literary naturalism of George Moore’s recent novel A Mummer’s Wife (1885), Parnell and His Island is purportedly nonfiction. It sets a precedent for the nonfiction worldbuilding Irish trilogy Hail and Farewell (1911-1914).
Unusual for the author, Parnell and His Island does not mix aesthetics with observation. The book contains no art and literary criticism that fills his next volume of memoirs, Confessions of a Young Man (1888).
Chapters
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 1 — Dublin
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 2 — The Castle
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 3 — The Shelbourne Hotel
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 4 — The Kildare Street Club
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 5 — Mrs. Rusville
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 6 — An Irish Country House
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 7 — The House of an Irish Poet
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 8 — The Landlord
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 9 — The Tenant-Farmer
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 10 — The Priest
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 11 — The Patriot
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 12 — A Castle of Yesterday
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 13 — A Castle of To-Day
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 14 — An Eviction
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 15 — A Hunting Breakfast
1887-05-16 — Parnell and His Island — Chapter 16 — Conclusion
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