 First edition cover, showing Baba (left) and Cait (right) | |
| Author | Edna O'Brien |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Country Girls trilogy |
| Genre | Bildungsroman, feminist literature |
| Set in | Western Ireland and Dublin, late 1950s |
| Published | 1960 Hutchinson |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Hardcover 8vo |
| Pages | 223 |
| ISBN | 0752881167 |
| OCLC | 3365816 |
| 823.914 | |
| LC Class | A439530 |
| Followed by | The Lonely Girl |
The Country Girls is a trilogy by Irish author Edna O'Brien. It consists of three novels: The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl (1962), and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964). The trilogy was re-released in 1986 in a single volume with a revised ending to Girls in Their Married Bliss and addition of an epilogue. The Country Girls, both the trilogy and the novel, is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II and was adapted into a 1983 film. All three novels were banned by the Irish censorship board and faced significant public disdain in Ireland.[1]
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (6 February 2011). "Edna O'Brien: A writer's imaginative life commences in childhood". The Observer. London. Retrieved 6 February 2011.