The Absentee
โ Scribed by Edgeworth, Maria
- Book ID
- 107202639
- Publisher
- Echo Library
- Year
- 1812
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Review
'a welcome addition to the World's Classics series ... The editors give us a good text ... a useful essay on Edgeworth's revisions ... and a scholarly introduction' Michael Baron, English
About the Author
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 Walker With an introduction by Heidi Thomson
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