![]() Such figures and the world they belong to represent only a segment of Protestant society in Ireland (it would take the subtlety of a Proust to analyse the social and religious differences existing among the Irish Protestants), but a segment with influence out of all proportion to its size, whose contribution to the life of the country has been impressive in many spheres of action. Irish readers, and those acquainted with Ireland, will recognise the type, anomalous perhaps in the Republic of today, but difficult to visualise elsewhere. Mark Mortimer, The World of Jennifer Johnston: A Look at Three Novels, in The Crane Bag, 4, 1 (1980), pp.88-94: It would appear that in the person of Frederick Moore we have something like an ideal portrait. ![]() Jennifer Johnston: Commentary & Quotations ![]()
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