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Maria Edgeworth

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born

January 01, 1767 in The United Kingdom

died

May 22, 1849

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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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.

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Books by Maria Edgeworth

Average rating: 3.30 · 1,313 ratings · 133 reviews · 218 distinct works

	Castle Rackrent 3.10 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 1800 — 74 editions	My rating:
	Belinda by Maria Edgeworth, Kathryn J. Kirkpatrick (Editor) 3.58 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1801 — 38 editions	My rating:
	The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth, Heidi Thomson (Annotations) 3.27 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1811 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Castle Rackrent and Ennui by Maria Edgeworth, Marilyn Butler (Editor/Introduction) 3.29 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1809 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Ormond 3.20 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1817 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Harrington by Maria Edgeworth, Susan Manly (Editor) 3.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ennui 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1874 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Letters for Literary Ladies 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Castle Rackrent and The Absentee 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Tales and Novels (V10, Helen) 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1874 — 12 editions	My rating:

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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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“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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“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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