The Macdermots of Ballycloran
Author(s): Anthony Trollope
Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900
Narrators: Bob Neufeld, Arlene Joyce, Lynne T, John O'Riordan, TriciaG, KHand, Cynthia, Fshort, Michele Eaton
Number of Chapters: 44
Length: 16 hours and 41 minutes
Language: English
This is the story of the Macdermots of Ballycloran the story is about the tragic demise of a landowning family. Larry Macdermot lives in a dilapidated mansion in Co. Leitrim, whose mortgage to Joe Flannelly he cannot keep up. Enmity between the Macdermot and Flannelly families is sharpened by son Thady's having declined to marry Joe Flannelly's daughter, Sally. Macdermot's daughter, Feemy, is herself seduced by the locally hated English police officer, Captain Myles Ussher. This was Trollope's first published novel, which he began in September 1843 and completed by June 1845. However, it was not published until 1847. (Summary by Michele Eaton)