- Booker Prize 2002 · Shortlist
The Story of Lucy Gault
The Story of Lucy Gault
William Trevor (born 1928)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Story of Lucy Gault
Penguin · United Kingdom · 22 December 2016 · Paperback · 240 pages
The Story of Lucy Gault
Viking · United States · 1 October 2002
The Story of Lucy Gault
Viking · United Kingdom · 2002 · 227 pages
The Story of Lucy Gault
Penguin Books · United States · 26 August 2003 · Paperback · 240 pages
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The Gaults have lived at Lahardane, their house in the Irish countryside, for generations, but in the troubles of 1921 young men try to burn it, and Captain Gault and his English wife resolve to go to England. Their daughter Lucy loves the house, the woods and the beach, and on the eve of departure she slips away, hoping to make them stay. A chance discovery convinces her parents that she has drowned, and they leave Ireland in grief, out of reach of any news. Lucy, found alive by the servants, grows up alone at Lahardane in the care of the caretaker couple, while one of the would-be arsonists is consumed by guilt. A single misunderstanding shapes all their lives for decades.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Historical, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Ireland, from 1921
- First published
- 2002
- Author's age
- 74 when first published
- ISBN
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9780670031542 (Viking, United States)
9780670913428 (Viking, United Kingdom)
9780142003312 (Penguin Books, United States)
9780141044606 (Penguin, United Kingdom)
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