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Maria Edgeworth

Born

in Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England

January 01, 1767

Died

May 22, 1849

Genre

Fiction, Children's

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Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish gentry-woman, a daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, born in Oxfordshire and later resettling in County Longford. She eventually took over the management of her father's estate in Ireland and dedicated herself to writing novels that encouraged the kind treatment of Irish tenants and the poor by their landlords. ...more

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Average rating: 3.46 · 13,151 ratings · 1,153 reviews · 1,911 distinct works • Similar authors

	Belinda 3.67 avg rating — 3,991 ratings — published 1801 — 320 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castle Rackrent 3.16 avg rating — 4,501 ratings — published 1800 — 397 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth, Heidi Thomson (Annotations) 3.58 avg rating — 1,781 ratings — published 1812 — 217 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Castle Rackrent and Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, Marilyn Butler (Editor) 3.31 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 1809 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Helen 3.70 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1834 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ormond 3.58 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1817 — 104 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennui 3.39 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1809 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harrington by Maria Edgeworth, Susan Manly (Editor) 3.14 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1817 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patronage 3.74 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1814 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters for Literary Ladies: to which is added An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification 3.35 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1798 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Maria Edgeworth (?)

“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”
― Maria Edgeworth

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“Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.”
― Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee

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“If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much.”
― Maria Edgeworth

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Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf

31 votes, 23.8%

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

28 votes, 21.5%

A River Runs through It Title Story by Norman Maclean

21 votes, 16.2%

Under a Glass Bell by Anaïs Nin

11 votes, 8.5%

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

11 votes, 8.5%

The Daughters Of The Late Colonel by Katherine Mansfield

9 votes, 6.9%

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham

7 votes, 5.4%

The Gifts of War by Margaret Drabble

5 votes, 3.8%

The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Other Tales Title Story by Bret Harte

4 votes, 3.1%

The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin

3 votes, 2.3%

130 total votes

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