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William Trevor

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The Story of Lucy Gault

by William Trevor

4.3

In 1921, Protestant Anglo-Irish landowners prepare to leave Ireland for England. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault runs away to prevent them leaving; she is assumed drowned; her parents depart in grief. She grows up alone in the empty house. The novel follows the consequences across sixty years.

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Where to Start with William Trevor: A Reading Guide

Where to start with William Trevor — how to approach The Story of Lucy Gault, his most celebrated novel following the sixty-year consequences of a child's survival being mistaken for death in 1921 Ireland, told in the most controlled prose of his career. A complete reading guide.

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