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Copyright © 1979 by Brian Moore

Introduction copyright © 1979 by Christopher Ricks

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The introduction by Christopher Ricks originally appeared, in slightly different form, in the London Review of Books.

Cover image: Arthur Batut, "Portrait-type" composite photograph of six men, c. 1886

Cover design: Katy Homans

The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

Moore, Brian, 1921–1999.

The Mangan inheritance / by Brian Moore; introduction by Christopher Ricks.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-59017-448-7 (alk. paper)

1. Mangan, James Clarence, 1803–1849—Family—Fiction. 2. Inheritance and succession—Fiction. 3. Poets—Fiction. 4. Ireland—Fiction. 5. Domestic fiction. I. Title.

PR9199.3.M617M3 2011

813’.54—dc22

2011020447

eISBN: 978-1-59017-469-2
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