The Countess Cathleen by W.B. Yeats

The Countess Cathleen

W.B. Yeats

60 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction play reflective medium-paced
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First published in 1892 this play is set ahistorically in Ireland during a famine. The idealistic Countess of the title sells her soul to the devil so that she can save her tenants. The play was dedicated to Maud Gonne, Yeats' lifelong love.

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