the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Samuel Lover : Rory O'More

Have just finished "Rory O'More" by Samuel Lover

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Battiscombe      Print: Book

Samuel Lover : novels

Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 5 February 1844: '[Samuel Lover] is a very powerful writer of Irish novels [...] You probably know his ballads [...] His novels, however, all of which I have not read, are the stuff whereon his fame is made -- and they are highly vital, & of great value in the sense of commentary on the national character.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

Samuel Lover : Handy Andy

'The house in which I was born was ... a two-centuries-old Georgian mansion, a barrack of a place that seemed even larger in my juvenile perspective than it actually was ... Here—when I grew older and had learned to read—I could get away in a corner and read all day until a properly organized search party routed me out. Castle Squander, Handy Andy, The Absentee, and many another old Irish tale of the "big house" found a not inappropriate setting for me in those echoing rooms with their cracked plaster ceilings and tattered wallpapers.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Desmond Malone      Print: Book

Samuel Lover : Handy Andy

'Monday. No letters ... 11 Parade 11.30 Gym. Walked about. Read Handy Andy by Sam Lover. Irish rot. Little French more bridge.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: William Thomas      Print: Book

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