The Country Girls Trilogy (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Edna O’Brien
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Episodic romance
- Time of Work: The 1930’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: The rural west of Ireland, Dublin, and London
- Principal Characters: Brady| Caithleen (Kate), Brennan| Bridget (Baba), Maurier (Mr. Gentleman)| Jacques de, Gaillard| Eugene, Durack| Frank
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Children, Self-discovery, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, 1940’s, Friendship, 1930’s, Pregnancy, England or English people, Women’s issues, Women, Drums or drummers, Catholics or Catholic Church, Loneliness, Romanticism, Ireland or Irish people, Happiness
- Locales: England, Dublin, Ireland
The Novels
The Country Girls Trilogy draws upon the author’s Irish past to delineate the experiences of two women fatally involved in the lives of men. Caithleen (Kate) Brady and Bridget (Baba) Brennan are best friends in spite of the fact that they are opposites. They grow up together in Ireland and eventually make their way to England. As they move away from their native land, the girls face the inevitable complexities of adulthood, so that Ireland becomes a kind of paradise, an Eden of innocence to which they cannot return.
In The Country Girls, Kate,...
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