The Evil Eye;
by William Carleton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Carleton, William, 1794-1869
- Title
- The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
- Credits
- Produced by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16004
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16004
- Release Date
- June 7, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE EVIL EYE; — OR, THE BLACK SPECTOR
- 2.By William Carleton
- 3.List of Illustrations
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.CHAPTER I. Short and Preliminary.
- 6.CHAPTER II. A Murderer's Wake and the Arrival of a Stranger
- 7.CHAPTER III. Breakfast next morning. — —Woodward, on his way Home, meets a Stranger.—Their Conversation.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. Woodward meets a Guide — —His Reception at Home—Preparations for a Fete.
- 9.CHAPTER V. The Bonfire—The Prodigy.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. Shawn-na-Middogue — —Shan-Dhinne-Dhuv, or The Black Spectre.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. A Council of Two — —Visit to Beech Grove.—The Herbalist
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. A Healing of the Breach. — —A Proposal for Marriage Accepted.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. Chase of the White Hare. — “Hark, forward, forward; holla ho!”
- 14.CHAPTER X. True Love Defeated.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. A Conjurer's Levee.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. Fortune-telling
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. Woodward is Discarded from Mr. Goodwin's Family — —Other Particulars of Importance.
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. Shawn-na-Middogue Stabs Charles Lindsay — Shawn-na-Middogue Stabs Charles Lindsay in Mistake for his Brother
- 19.CHAPTER XV. The Banshee.—Disappearance of Grace Davoren.
- 20.CHAPTER XVI. A House of Sorrow. — —After which follows a Courting Scene.
- 21.CHAPTER XVII. Description of the Original Tory — —Their Manner of Swearing
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII. The Toir, or Tory Hunt.
- 23.CHAPTER XIX. Plans and Negotiations.
- 24.CHAPTER XX. Woodward's Visit to Ballyspellan.
- 25.CHAPTER XXI. The Dinner at Ballyspellan — —The Appearance Woodward.—Valentine Greatrakes.
- 26.CHAPTER XXII. History of the Black Spectre.
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII. Greatrakes at Work—Denouement
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