The AbsenteeOxford University Press, 2001 - 315 sidor Lord Clonbrony and his ambitious, worldy wife lead an extravagant social life in London on the proceeds of their estates in Ireland. Their son, Lord Colambre, refusing to marry the heiress arranged for him by his mother, decides instead to investigate, incognito, the management of the familyestates in Ireland. Appalled by the corruption, mismanagement, and poverty he discovers, he sets about finding a solution to his father's debts and the family's wilful indifference. Maria Edgeworth's classic novel combines a fast-miving depiction of national manners with a brilliantly witty expose of the pernicious system of absentee landownership. |
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... agent : as government informer and spy he had been the original betrayer of comrades he pro- ceeded to defend in court . Difficulties of mutual under- standing between England and Ireland can be gauged by this egregious meeting of the ...
... agent : as government informer and spy he had been the original betrayer of comrades he pro- ceeded to defend in court . Difficulties of mutual under- standing between England and Ireland can be gauged by this egregious meeting of the ...
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... agent but by a sign , by a namesake . Thus , in the end , Grace Nugent can be both agent and beneficiary of a redemptive / conclusive reading of history , and for this to be possible the fictional Mordicai remains under sentence , a ...
... agent but by a sign , by a namesake . Thus , in the end , Grace Nugent can be both agent and beneficiary of a redemptive / conclusive reading of history , and for this to be possible the fictional Mordicai remains under sentence , a ...
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... agents . Scriptural resonances likewise extend the importance of the oppressed family of Widow O'Neil , her unpaid son Brian , and the orphaned Grace . Larry Brady's concluding letter heralds the return of the Clonbronys and the coming ...
... agents . Scriptural resonances likewise extend the importance of the oppressed family of Widow O'Neil , her unpaid son Brian , and the orphaned Grace . Larry Brady's concluding letter heralds the return of the Clonbronys and the coming ...
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... agent of Grace's redemption from the unspoken but violent accusation of alien loyalties . His implicit military experience , gained in a service hostile to Britain , is now acceptable to the regime , and when the common foe is the ...
... agent of Grace's redemption from the unspoken but violent accusation of alien loyalties . His implicit military experience , gained in a service hostile to Britain , is now acceptable to the regime , and when the common foe is the ...
Sida xxix
... agent but by a sign , by a namesake . Thus , in the end , Grace Nugent can be both agent and beneficiary of a redemptive / conclusive reading of history , and for this to be possible the fictional Mordicai remains under sentence , a ...
... agent but by a sign , by a namesake . Thus , in the end , Grace Nugent can be both agent and beneficiary of a redemptive / conclusive reading of history , and for this to be possible the fictional Mordicai remains under sentence , a ...
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THE ABSENTEE | xlvii |
Textual Note | 263 |
The Tradition of Grace Nugent | 272 |
Maria Edgeworths Notes for Essay on the genius Style of Burke | 278 |
Explanatory Notes | 281 |
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