The Untilled Field: Novel - Softcover

Originally published in 1931, this volume contains a collection of tales and portraits of Irish rural life. This edition of the text also includes two further stories: In The Clay and The Way Back.

Originally published in 1903, The Untilled Field proved to be one of Moore's works that pleased Moore best for its affectionate portraits of Irish rural life. Though modeled initially on Turgenev's Tales of a Sportsman, the stories soon became original inspirations woven out of Moore's memories of the peasants who lived and worked on his family estate in Mayo. It is one of the richest and most perfectly written of his works. This new printing of the text of the 1931 edition includes two stories that Moore had originally omitted.