Maria Edgeworth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410211613)

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.

Author: Emily Lawless
ISBN-10: 1410211614
ISBN-13: 9781410211613
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2004
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.12w x 0.60d