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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... Count O'Halloran is surrounded with the elaborate paraphernalia of eighteenth - century antiquarianism , not devoid of Jacobite undertones . The count lavishly explains the emblematic details of his study , with its juxtaposition of ...
... Count O'Halloran is surrounded with the elaborate paraphernalia of eighteenth - century antiquarianism , not devoid of Jacobite undertones . The count lavishly explains the emblematic details of his study , with its juxtaposition of ...
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... count looked at lord Colambre , as at a person worthy his atten- tion ; but his first care was to keep the peace between his loving sub- jects and his foreign visitors . ( p . 116 ) The political metaphor , once introduced , is ...
... count looked at lord Colambre , as at a person worthy his atten- tion ; but his first care was to keep the peace between his loving sub- jects and his foreign visitors . ( p . 116 ) The political metaphor , once introduced , is ...
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... count is , in a sense yet to be clarified , a ' barbarian ' but in order to elevate that cultural identification into a higher value . We can see now that The Absentee is complex and divided . Biblical learning is not foreign to it ...
... count is , in a sense yet to be clarified , a ' barbarian ' but in order to elevate that cultural identification into a higher value . We can see now that The Absentee is complex and divided . Biblical learning is not foreign to it ...
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... Count O'Halloran ? Where is Colambre or Coolamber ? Who is Grace Nugent ? These are matters which rightly detain us on the surface while simultaneously taking us into hidden depths . The gossiping ladies of the third chapter have in ...
... Count O'Halloran ? Where is Colambre or Coolamber ? Who is Grace Nugent ? These are matters which rightly detain us on the surface while simultaneously taking us into hidden depths . The gossiping ladies of the third chapter have in ...
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... Count O'Halloran's study is in part based on Edgeworth family lore concerning their eccentric , unaccommodated neighbour . O'Halloran's title recalls that of Lavall , Count Nugent ( 1777-1862 ) , who became an Austrian commander and ...
... Count O'Halloran's study is in part based on Edgeworth family lore concerning their eccentric , unaccommodated neighbour . O'Halloran's title recalls that of Lavall , Count Nugent ( 1777-1862 ) , who became an Austrian commander and ...
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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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