Padraic Colum

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1) The Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles

Author

Colum, Padraic

Lexile measure

1070L

Language

English

Description

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First published in 1921, "The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles" by the acclaimed and award-winning children's author Padraic Colum is a classic retelling of the ancient mythological tales of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. Woven into this volume of Greek mythology are also the stories of the creation of the heavens and the earth, Zeus's battle with the Titans, Pandora's box, Persephone in the Underworld...

2) A treasury of Irish folklore: the stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, ballads and songs of the Irish people

Author

Colum, Padraic

Pub. Date

1962

Edition

Rev. ed.

Physical Desc

xx, 620 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

3) The children's Homer: the adventures of Odysseus and the tale of Troy

Author

Colum, Padraic

Publisher

Aladdin

Pub. Date

[2019]

Edition

Aladdin hardcover edition.

Physical Desc

247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

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A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

4) Dubliners

Author

Joyce, James

Series

Viking critical library volume 5
Modern library of the world's best books

Language

English

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These vivid, tightly focused observations about the life of Dublin's poorer classes originally made publishers uneasy: the stories contain unconventional themes and coarse language, and they mention actual people and places. Today, however, the stories are admired. They are considered to be masterful representations of Dublin done with economy and grace-representations, as Joyce himself once explained, of a chapter in the moral history of Ireland...