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Irish Myths And Legends | 
 enlarge | Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Running Press Miniature Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $4.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 574763
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 3.1 x 2.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0762404515
Dewey Decimal Number: 398
EAN: 9780762404513
ASIN: 0762404515
Publication Date: February 24, 1999
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Product Description
Lady Gregory's translations of ancient Celtic stories inspired a generation of writers, including W. B. Yeats, whose original foreword to Gods and Fighting Men is abridged for this classic miniature version. A perfect gift for all lovers of literature.
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 Irish myths November 23, 2008
This very tiny book is very disappointing. I was expecting Lady Gregory's classic book of myths--a tome of a couple hundred pages. This little edition might be nice for a young child but was not what I wanted to introduce my niece to her classic heritage.
This is a tiny little 1 inch book. January 16, 2008
FYI...this book is about an inch and a half square. This is like a keychain size book. You can't really tell that from the picture.
Not the edition you're looking for October 12, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This edition offers only a small selection of Lady Gregory's _Gods and Fighting Men_, plus the book itself is about 2" by 4". In other words, this book is really a souvenir--not a text to be read. You probably want to get the full text of _Gods and Fighting Men_ instead.
Know what you are getting... April 30, 2002
74 out of 76 found this review helpful
In case your one of the 96% who never really looks at the "size" of a book when you order it, make sure you do for this one. It's only a pocket version of Lady Gregory's book, and, although the website does not tell you so, this is an ABRIGDED version. Just know what you're getting.
 Decent translation, but "compiled" January 31, 2000
41 out of 43 found this review helpful
I have read this book and find that the first part is fairly accurate when I compare it with other translations of the stories about Finn and the Fianna. However, I read the notes section for the stories about Cuchulain and noticed that Lady Gregory states that she compiled these stories, while the book jacket states she translated them. Unfortunately she has used several different sources for one of my favorite tales (Deirdre and Naoise) and it makes me wonder how accurate her version of this tale is. She has some elements in the ending that I have found attributed to later versions of the tale (she uses the later version of Deirdre stabbing herself instead of her dashing her head on the rocks), but the fact that she admits in her notes to editing and compiling the tales as she sees fit makes me wonder what else she edited because she didn't like. Personally, I am searching for a translation that is more accurate when it comes to Irish tales, because I feel that the original meaning becomes muddled when tales are edited to match a person's taste.
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