Prose · 1897

The Secret Rose

Stories first published by Lawrence and Bullen in April 1897, with illustrations by John Butler Yeats. This later text leaves out the Red Hanrahan stories, which Yeats rewrote and published separately.

10 chapters · 1 h 35 min

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  1. 1Dedication2 min
  2. 2To the Secret Rose1 min
  3. 3The Crucifixion of the Outcast13 min
  4. 4Out of the Rose11 min
  5. 5The Wisdom of the King10 min
  6. 6The Heart of the Spring9 min
  7. 7The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows9 min
  8. 8The Old Men of the Twilight8 min
  9. 9Where There Is Nothing, There Is God8 min
  10. 10Of Costello the Proud, of Oona the Daughter of Dermott, and of the Bitter Tongue25 min

Text: The Secret Rose, revised text without the Hanrahan stories (first published by Lawrence & Bullen, London, 1897). Public domain.