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No Defense, Complete
The story follows Dyck Calhoun, a yet irresponsible young man navigating the tumultuous political landscape of 18th century Ireland, where rebellion and loyalty to the British crown clash.
"No Defense, Complete" by Gilbert Parker is a novel. The story follows Dyck Calhoun, a yet irresponsible young man navigating the tumultuous political landscape of 18th century Ireland, where rebellion and loyalty to the British crown clash.
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“Well, good-bye, Dyck. I’ll meet you at the sessions, or before that at the assizes.”
It was only the impulsive, cheery, warning exclamation of a wild young Irish spirit to his friend Dyck Calhoun, but it had behind it the humour and incongruity of Irish life.
The man, Dyck Calhoun, after whom were sent the daring words about the sessions and the assizes, was a year or two older than his friend, and, as Michael Clones, his servant and friend, said, “the worst and best scamp of them all”—just up to any harmless deviltry.
Influenced by no traditions or customs, under control of no stern records of society, Calhoun had caused some trouble in his time by the harmless deeds of a scapegrace, but morally—that is, in all relations of life affected by the ten commandments—he was above reproach. Yet he was of the sort who, in days of agitation, then common in Ireland, might possibly commit some act which would bring him to the sessions or the assizes. There never was in Ireland a cheerier, braver, handsomer fellow, nor one with such variety of mind and complexity of purpose.
He was the only child of a high-placed gentleman; he spent all the money that came his way, and occasionally loaded himself with debt, which his angry father paid. Yet there never was a gayer heart, a more generous spirit, nor an easier-tempered man; though, after all, he was only twenty-five when the words with which the tale opens were said to him.
Contents
- 01Chapter I. The Two Meet
- 02Chapter II. The Coming of a Messenger
- 03Chapter III. The Quarrel.
- 04Chapter IV. The Duel
- 05Chapter V. The Killing of Erris Boyne
- 06Chapter VI. Dyck in Prison
- 07Chapter VII. Mother and Daughter
- 08“I don’t believe he’s guilty, mother.”
- 09Chapter VIII. Dyck’s Father Visits Him
- 10Chapter IX. A Letter from Sheila
- 11Chapter X. Dyck Calhoun Enters the World Again
- 12Chapter XI. Whither Now?
- 13Chapter XII. The Hour Before the Mutiny
- 14Chapter XIII. To the West Indies
- 15Chapter XIV. In the Nick of Time
- 16Chapter XV. The Admiral Has His Say
- 17Chapter XVI. A Letter
- 18Chapter XVII. Strangers Arrive
- 19Chapter XVIII. At Salem
- 20Chapter XIX. Lord Mallow Intervenes
- 21Chapter XX. Out of the Hands of the Philistines
- 22Chapter XXI. The Clash of Race
- 23Chapter XXII. Sheila Has Her Say
- 24Chapter XXIII. The Coming of Noreen
- 25Chapter XXIV. With the Governor
- 26Chapter XXV. Then What Happened
About this edition
- Author
- Gilbert Parker
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 162 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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