The Absentee - Couverture souple

Edgeworth, Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019283830X ISBN 13 : 9780192838308

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 2001

Synopsis

Lord Clonbrony and his ambitious, worldly wife lead an extravagant social life in London on the proceeds of their estates in Ireland. Their son, Lord Colambre, refusing to marry the heiress arranged for him by his mother, decides instead to investigate, incognito, the management of the family estates in Ireland. Appalled by the corruption, mismanagement, and poverty he discovers, he sets about finding a solution to his father's debts and the family's wilful indifference. Maria Edgeworth's classic novel combines a fast-miving depiction of national manners with a brilliantly witty expose of the pernicious system of absentee landownership.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) was born in Oxfordshire and after being educated in England, she went to Edgeworthstown in Ireland to act as her father's assistant and governess to his many other children. With her father she wrote several educational books, and as a novelist she earned the praise of Sir Walter Scott.Heidi Thomson is Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. In addition to her work on Edgeworth, she has written on Gray, Wordsworth and Keats.Edited by Heidi Thomson and Kim WalkerWith an introduction by Heidi Thomson

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019283830X
• ISBN 13: 9780192838308
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 366
• Éditeur: McCormack W. J., Walker Kim
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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