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'''''Strumpet City''''' is an Irish 1969 novel by [[James
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* [[Homeless Pigeon
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Lily Maxwell
* [[In Dublin's Fair
* [[Old
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Fr. Giffley
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: Lily Maxwell's syphilis.
* [[The Edwardian
* [[The Irish
* [[World War I]]
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Strumpet City is an Irish 1969 novel by James Plunkett, adapted into an acclaimed RTÉ miniseries in 1980. Set 1903-14, it details the struggles of Dublin workers against employers.
Tropes used in Strumpet City include:
- Embarrassing First Name: Rashers Tierney
- Homeless Pigeon Person: Rashers and his dog.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Lily Maxwell
- In Dublin's Fair City
- Old Retainer: Miss Gilchrist. Not that she gets rewarded for it.
- Public Domain Character: Jim Larkin, and a brief appearance by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
- The Alcoholic: Fr. Giffley
- The Disease That Shall Not Be Named: Lily Maxwell's syphilis.
- The Edwardian Era
- The Irish Question: Gets little mention
- World War I