TY - BOOK AU - Yeats,W.B. TI - The Countess Cathleen AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Nobility -- Ireland -- Drama KW - Famines -- Ireland -- Drama N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Countess_Cathleen; Release date is 2004-02-01; Produced by Marjorie Fulton, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Countess Cathleen" by W. B. Yeats is a verse drama first published in 1892. Set during an Irish famine, the play tells the story of a noble countess who makes an extraordinary sacrifice to save her starving tenants from both hunger and spiritual damnation. Based on a purported Irish legend, Yeats's drama explores themes of selflessness and redemption. The work underwent extensive revisions over two decades, transforming from its original form into a refined piece suitable for the Abbey Theatre. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5167 ER -