Autobiographies

Autobiographies (1963) by Sean O'Casey, comprising I Knock at the Door (1939), Pictures in the Hallway (1942), Drums under the Windows (1945), Inish-fallen, Fare Thee Well (1949), Rose and Crown (1952), and Sunset and Evening Star (1954), and frequently reprinted in a two-volume edition by Macmillan after 1963. Though factually unreliable, these third-person narratives present a moving chronicle of a poverty-stricken childhood in Dublin and the author's struggle for literary recognition.