Maria Edgeworth

ISBN-13: 9781410211613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 228 str.

Emily Lawless

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CONTENTS Early Life Richard Lovell Edgeworth Father and Daughter Arrival in Ireland - First Books Disturbed Days Ninety-Eight "Castle Rackrent" - Irish Letters "Belinda" - Visit to Paris Middle Life "Ennui" - "The Absentee" - "Ormond" Memoir of R. L. Edgeworth - The "Quarterly" - Paris - Geneva Friendship with Scott Later Life Conclusion Index Maria Edgeworth was born in England but lived most of her life in Ireland and in her stories, she wrote about the Irish, and portrayed them as they really were. While she never became very well known, she had a substantial influence on Scott, Turgenev, and Thackeray.