Maria Edgeworth

by Emily Lawless

CONTENTS Early Life Richard Lovell Edgeworth Father and Daughter Arrival in Ireland - First Books Disturbed Days Ninety-Eight "Castle Rackrent" - Irish Letters "Belinda" - Visit to Paris Middle Life "Ennui" - "The Absentee" - "Ormond" Memoir of R. L. Edgeworth - The "Quarterly" - Paris - Geneva Friendship with Scott Later Life Conclusion Index Maria Edgeworth was born in England but lived most of her life in Ireland and in her stories, she wrote about the Irish, and portrayed them as they really were. While she never became very well known, she had a substantial influence on Scott, Turgenev, and Thackeray.

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1904

About the author

The Hon. Emily Lawless (17 June 1845 – 19 October 1913) was an Irish novelist and poet from County Kildare. According to Betty Webb Brewer, writing in 1983 for the journal of the Irish American Cultural Institute, Éire/Ireland: "An unflagging unionist, she recognised the rich literary potential in the native tradition and wrote novels with peasant heroes and heroines, Lawless depicted with equal sympathy the Anglo-Irish landholders."