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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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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.
Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2010-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1775418294 |
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The Castle Rackrent estate is owned by four generations of Englishmen, each dissipated, cruel or improvident in some way. Their lives are chronicled by the estate's Irish steward, Thady Quirk. He is one of the first examples in literature of the unreliable narrator, and as the story progresses we see how the estate is kept from ruin by Quirk's son - to his own advantage and benefit.
Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1964-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465525327 |
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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1801 |
Genre | : Fiction in English |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2022-05-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8728185382 |
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It is 'Downton Abbey' meets 'Succession' - but in the 18th century. Four generations of heirs to the Rackrent estate in Ireland are shown to have unique talents for mismanaging it. The careless big spender Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, abusive gambler Sir Kit Rackrent and the kind but unwise Sir Condy Rackrent are brought vividly to life by Maria Edgeworth through a narrator, Rackrent steward Thady Quirk. As the four heirs fight and foul up, behind the scenes there is a master manipulator pulling the strings. Will he benefit from the chaos? 'Castle Rackrent' is Edgeworth's first novel and is regarded as pioneering in the field of historical and regional novels. It satirises Anglo-Irish landlords at a time when the English and Irish governments were trying to formalise their union. The novel is alluded to in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. It is also cited by Sir Walter Scott as the inspiration for his 'Waverley' historical novels. The Irish poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats called Castle Rackrent "one of the most inspired chronicles written in English." The Irish writer Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) was highly regarded in her day as a pioneer of early 19th century fiction and children's literature. A friend of the novelist Sir Walter Scott ('Ivanhoe', 'Rob Roy'), she was active and vocal about political and estate reform. Today, she is rather underappreciated - and overshadowed - by other 19th century satirical novelists like Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope. A prolific writer, Edgeworth's best-known works include 'Ennui', 'The Dun' and 'Belinda', which was controversial in its day for featuring inter-racial marriage.
Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1815 |
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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Administration of estates |
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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2009-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1775415929 |
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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.
Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1828 |
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Author | : Maria Edgeworth |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780393922417 |
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The only edition of this 1800 novel--widely regarded as the first historical novel--to include supporting materials on both the importance of Maria Edgeworth as a writer and the influence of contemporary history on this novel.