The News from Ireland | Characters
"The News from Ireland" opens with the reflections of Fogarty, a butler in the home of the Pulvertafts, an English family who came to Ireland to claim an estate left to Mr. Pulvertaft by an uncle. The Pulvertafts came to Ireland eight years ago, in 1839. Over the years, the Pulvertafts have cleared the overgrown estate grounds and, in general, learned "to live with things." Their butler Fogarty wishes they had left the estate unclaimed. Like Ireland's other "visitors," they have taken what is not theirs. Fogarty is a poor Irish Protestant, but an educated man, and he occupies a middle...
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