Maria Edgeworth
Birth date: January 01, 1767
Died: May 22, 1849
Maria Edgeworth's Books
Found the dynamics of interaction between the tenants, servants and gentry to be fascinating. A fast easy read.
From the overly long introduction, which one should avoid at all costs unless you wish to take away the urge to actually .read.the.book.:- first regional novel- first socio-historical novel- first Irish novel- first Big House novel- first saga novelSo having discarded the intro after the first few l...
I don't know why GR has only the last volume of this series listed -- I did not read this one, but the first (I think). It was an early edition with a very lovely binding, decorative stamping and charming illustrations.Edgeworth was novel for her time in suggesting that well-to-do parents should act...