The Countess Cathleen
by W. B. Yeats
"The Countess Cathleen" by W. B. Yeats is a verse drama first published in 1892. Set during an Irish famine, the play tells the story of a noble countess who makes an extraordinary sacrifice to save her starving tenants from both hunger and spiritual damnation. Based on a purported Irish legend, Yeats's drama explores themes of selflessness and redemption. The work underwent extensive revisions over two decades, transforming from its original form into a refined piece suitable for the Abbey Theatre.
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Poems
The Wind Among the Reeds
Responsibilities, and other poems
The Celtic Twilight
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays
Ideas of Good and Evil
The Wild Swans at Coole
The King's Threshold; and On Baile's Strand
Plays and controversies
The Trembling of the Veil
Reveries over Childhood and Youth
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The Jungle Book
The Problems of Philosophy
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English
The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories
The Red Lily — Complete
Siddhartha
Pygmalion
Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
Just so stories
The Sun Also Rises
Demian
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The sound and the fury
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