The Downfall of Grabbum: An Ulster Fable

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1912
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Some satire, but the novel ends with a eutopia of peace and harmony brought about by forensic phrenology or reading the bumps on the heads of individuals.

Published Date

1912

Publisher
R. Carswell & Son
Place Published
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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1912 [Orpen, Adela Elizabeth]. The Downfall of Grabbum: An Ulster Fable. By An Ulster Clergyman [pseud.]. Belfast, Northern Ireland: R. Carswell & Son. Although the book is listed as by P.P. O’Sullivan in Stephen J. Brown, SJ, Ireland in Fiction: a guide to Irish novels tales romances and folklore. New ed. (Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Co., 1919), 250, it is ascribed to Orpen in Stephen J. Brown and Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A guide to Irish novels, tales, romances and folklores. Volume 2 (Cork, Ireland: Royal Carbery Books, 1985), 216. L

Some satire, but the novel ends with a eutopia of peace and harmony brought about by forensic phrenology or reading the bumps on the heads of individuals. Irish female author.

Info Notes

Although the book is listed as by P.P. O'Sullivan in Stephen J. Brown, SJ, Ireland in Fiction: a guide to Irish novels tales romances and folklore. New ed. (Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel and Co., 1919), 250, it is ascribed to Orpen in Stephen J. Brown and Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A guide to Irish novels, tales, romances and folklores. Volume 2 (Cork, Ireland: Royal Carbery Books, 1985), 216.

Pseudonym

An Ulster Clergyman [pseud.]

Author Note

Female Irish author (1855-1928)

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