| Description |
1 online resource (430 pages). |
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Maria Edgeworth anthology |
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Maria Edgeworth anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
Included in this book are two important works by Edgeworth: Castle Rackrent and The Absentee. Both of these works helped to establish Edgeworth’s place as a regional Irish writer as the novels deal with Irish culture and historical issues. In addition, the books are credited with the creation of a new form of novel: the historical novel. The first novel, Castle Rackrent, documents the slow decline of the Rackrent family, a family that was once aristocracy in Ireland. Edgeworth incorporates regional dialect and colorful local Irish figures as she depicts the family’s downfall. The Absentee also demonstrates Edgeworth’s concerns over the class systems in Ireland. In this novel, Lord and Lady Clonbrony, two Irish estate holders, neglect their duties as aristocrats. Rather than tend to their estates, the pair dallies about at London’s high society parties. Together, both of these novels have played key roles in influencing the writings of other authors. Writers such as Scott, Thackeray and Turgenev used Edgeworth’s novels as inspiration for their own regional writings. ℓ |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Administration of estates -- Fiction.
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Absentee landlordism -- Fiction.
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Landlord and tenant -- Fiction.
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Rural conditions -- Fiction.
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Poor families -- Fiction.
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Rich people -- Fiction.
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Landowners -- Fiction.
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Ireland -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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Pastoral fiction.
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| Added Author |
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919, editor.
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| Added Title |
Absentee.
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