The Crock of Gold (novel)
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The Crock of Gold is a novel written by James Stephens and published in 1912.
A mixture of philosophy, Irish folklore and the "battle of the sexes", it consists of 6 books, Book 1 – The Coming of Pan, Book 2 – The Philosophers Journey, Book 3 – The Two Gods, Book 4 – The Philosophers Return, Book 5 – The Policemen, Book 6 – The Thin Woman's Journey, that rotate around a philosopher and his quest to find Cáitilin Ni Murrachu and deliver her from the god Pan and himself going through a catharsis. He himself is apprehended for murdering a philosopher friend and his wife who committed a peaceful suicide some months before, then whisked away by his wife the Thin Woman of Inis Magrath and the fairy folk, all the while encountering many notable characters, in particular Angús Òg, and the Thin Woman's encounter with the Three Infinites.
Arthur Rackham was to have illustrated it, but died before he could.[1] Instead, it was illustrated by the artist Thomas Mackenzie (illustrator).
Some editions have a foreword by Walter de la Mare.
References
External links
- List of books by Stephens, James, (1882-1950) at Project gutenberg
- The Crock of Gold by James Stephens at Project gutenberg
- The Crock of Gold by James Stephens (b. 1882 d. 1950) London, Macmillan and Co., limited (1912) at sacred-texts.com
- The Crock of Gold (Paperback) by James Stephens at amazon.com
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