Ebook {Epub PDF} The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

 · The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor pp, Viking, £ "The story of" is a telling phrase for the title of this gravely beautiful, subtle and haunting Irish bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. The Story of Lucy Gault is set in provincial Ireland in the early s at the height of civil turmoil and anti-English violence. Everard Gault, a retired Anglo-Irish army captain married to an Englishwoman, shoots and wounds one of the boys who has come in the night to set their house afire.  · The Story of Lucy Gault. by William Trevor. 1. The Story of Lucy Gault is as much about what doesn't happen, or what almost happens, as what does. Lahardane is almost set afire, Lucy comes close to marrying Ralph, Everard writes letters to Ireland but does not send them.

The Story of Lucy Gault is a novel written by William Trevor in The book is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. It follows the protagonist Lucy and her immediate contacts. The Story of Lucy Gault. by William Trevor. 1. The Story of Lucy Gault is as much about what doesn't happen, or what almost happens, as what does. Lahardane is almost set afire, Lucy comes close to marrying Ralph, Everard writes letters to Ireland but does not send them. What other instances reveal the significance of things not happening? The Story of Lucy Gault, Trevor's striking and resonant new novel, treats conditions in the country as the conduit of a domestic tragedy. It opens in , during the civil war, a time when the.

The Story of Lucy Gault. by William Trevor. 1. The Story of Lucy Gault is as much about what doesn't happen, or what almost happens, as what does. Lahardane is almost set afire, Lucy comes close to marrying Ralph, Everard writes letters to Ireland but does not send them. Reading group: The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. Group member Trevor suggested this novel which begins in when the head of an Anglo-Irish household shoots at and wounds a potential arsonist, after which he and his wife decide out of fear to leave their County Cork home with their child, eight-year-old Lucy. The Story of Lucy Gault is set in provincial Ireland in the early s at the height of civil turmoil and anti-English violence. Everard Gault, a retired Anglo-Irish army captain married to an Englishwoman, shoots and wounds one of the boys who has come in the night to set their house afire.