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The Land of Heart's Desire

W. B. Yeats

First published 1895
Type Short Fiction

A young married woman wishes to be away from the dull mundane world and from Christianity. A fairy child comes to the house and tempts her to go to Fairyland. She does, although her family and a priest try to stop her.

A verse play.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1895 Poems T. Fisher Unwin Collection 157