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Celtic night : a fifteen-year-old girl's modern retelling of Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream / by Bridget O'Dwyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Dwyer, Bridget.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- High schools--Fiction.
- High schools.
- Teenage girls--Fiction.
- Teenage girls.
- Teenagers' writings, American--Ohio.
- Teenagers' writings, American.
- Courtship--Fiction.
- Courtship.
- Fairies--Fiction.
- Fairies.
- Fantasy.
- Ireland--Fiction.
- Ireland.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Uniontown, OH : Fresh Writers Books, c2006.
- Summary:
- A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream, this story of a 15-year-old American girl's experience studying abroad in the Irish countryside borrows elements from Irish folklore and escapist-fantasy fiction. Adjustment to life with an Irish family is hard at first, but she forges a bond with her new school friends when, late one night, they slip out into the surrounding woods and revel with fairy-like creatures at a magical wedding party. Real settings in Ireland provide the backdrop for the story, and the Shakespearean storyline serves well to depict an adolescent's break
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Table of Contents; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-932802-69-X
- OCLC:
- 476167427
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