Penelope's Irish Experiences

The novel follows Penelope Hamilton, an American woman who travels to Ireland with her husband and their two children. She struggles to adapt to the local culture and customs, often finding herself at odds with the Irish way of life. Through her experiences, she learns valuable lessons about tolerance, understanding, and the importance of embracing cultural differences.

By Kate Douglas Wiggin · First published 1893 · Genre: Fiction, Comedy, Travel Literature · 32 chapters

Contents

• We Emulate the Rollo Books
• Irish Itineraries
• We Sight a Derelict
• Enter Benella Dusenberry
• The Wearing of the Green
• Dublin, then and now
• A Tour and a Detour
• Romance and Reality
• The Light of other Days
• The Belles of Shandon
• 'the Rale Thing.'
• Life at Knockarney House
• 'o! the Sound of the Kerry Dancing.'
• Mrs. Mullarkey's Iligant Locks
• Penelope Weaves a Web
• Salemina has her Chance
• The Glens of Antrim
• Limavady Love-Letters
• 'in Ould Donegal.'
• We Evict a Tenant
• Lachrymae Hibernicae
• The Weeping West
• Beams and Motes
• Humours of the Road
• The Wee Folk
• Ireland's Gold
• The Three Chatelaines of Devorgilla
• Round Towers and Reflections
• Aunt David's Garden
• The Quest of the Fair Strangers, or the Fairy Quicken-Tree of Devorgilla
• Good-Bye, Dark Rosaleen
• 'as the Sunflower Turns.'

More by Kate Douglas Wiggin

• A Cathedral Courtship (1893)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1911)
• The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887)
• The Village Watch-Tower (1916)
• Tom o' the Blueb'Ry Plains (1869)
• The Nooning Tree (1898)
• The Fore-Room Rug (1887)
• A Village Stradivarius (1887)
• All works by Kate Douglas Wiggin