Fardorougha, The Miser

It was on one of those nights in August, when the moon and stars shine through an atmosphere clear and cloudless, with a mildness of lustre almost continental, that a horseman, advancing at a rapid pace, turned off a remote branch of road up a narrow lane, and, dismounting before a neat whitewashed cottage, gave a quick and impatient knock at the door. Almost instantly, out of a small window that opened on hinges, was protruded a broad female face, surrounded, by way of nightcap, with several folds of flannel, that had originally been white.

• • Author: William Carleton
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Jun 14, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 182 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1523972726
• • ISBN-13: 9781523972722