- writings mainly concerned with world of Roman Catholic peasants of rural Ireland and what he saw as the essential paganism of their world view
The Playboy of the Western World
- unflattering portrayal of working class Irish
- set in a cottage in County Mayo
- tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man who supposedly ran away after having killed his father
- Mahon arrives at the cottage and the locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than in condemning his morality
The Shadow of the Glen
Characters:
- Daniel Burke
- Nora Burke
- Michael Dara
- Tramp
Plot summary
- tramp seeking shelter in isolated Burke farmhouse finds Nora, a young woman tending to the corpse of Daniel, her elderly farmer husband
- Nora goes to find Michael, a youthful shepherd
- Dan reveals to the tramp that his death is a mere ruse
- He plays dead again when Nora and Michael return, but leaps up in protest when Michael proposes to Nora
- Dan kicks Nora out to wander the roads, and she leaves with the tramp, who promises her a life of freedom
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