num_pages: 128
description: At once conservative and radical in her beliefs, she saw no conflict in idealizing and mythologizing the Irish peasantry, for example, while her landlord husband introduced legislation that would, in part, lead to the widespread misery, poverty and starvation of the Great Famine. Nevertheless, as founder of the Abbey Theatre, an outspoken opponent of censorship and mentor, muse and mother-figure to W.B. Yeats, Augusta Gregory played a pivotal role in shaping Irish history and dramatic history. Moreover, despite her parents' early predictions of spinsterhood, she was no matronly figure, engaging in a passionate affair while newly-wedded and, as she approached 60, falling for a man almost 20 years her junior.
language: English
title: Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
titlecomplete: Lady Gregory's Toothbrush
genres: Ireland, Irish Literature, History, Biography, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 249
publisher: Picador