Maria Edgeworth





Maria Edgeworth

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born
January 01, 1767 in The United Kingdom

died
May 22, 1849

gender
female

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About this author

Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish gentry-woman, 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.


Average rating: 3.30 · 1,313 ratings · 133 reviews · 218 distinct works
Castle Rackrent
3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1800 — 74 editions
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Belinda
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1801 — 38 editions
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The Absentee
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Ormond
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1817 — 18 editions
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3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Ennui
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1874 — 8 editions
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Letters for Literary Ladies
3.08 of 5 stars 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Castle Rackrent and The Abs...
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions
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Tales and Novels (V10, Helen)
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1874 — 12 editions
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More books by Maria Edgeworth…
“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.”
Maria Edgeworth

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

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