Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Tales and Novels
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Popular Tales
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category : Engelse fiksie
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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ISBN:
Category : Engelse fiksie
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Belinda
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Rosamond
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Absentee
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775415929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775415929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.
Castle Rackrent
Author: Maria Edgeworth
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Castle Rackrent is a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800. It tells the story of four generations of Rackrent heirs through their steward, Thady Quirk. The heirs are the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Rackrent, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent. Their sequential mismanagement of the estate is resolved through the machinations—and to the benefit—of the narrator's astute son, Jason Quirk.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Castle Rackrent is a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800. It tells the story of four generations of Rackrent heirs through their steward, Thady Quirk. The heirs are the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Rackrent, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent. Their sequential mismanagement of the estate is resolved through the machinations—and to the benefit—of the narrator's astute son, Jason Quirk.
The Parent's Assistant, Or, Stories for Children
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Blue Jar Story Book
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Tales of Fashionable Life: Vivian
Author: Maria Edgeworth
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Lame Jervas
Author: Maria Maria Edgeworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781987705706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 - 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781987705706
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 - 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.