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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... politics . Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers . MARIA EDGEWORTH The Absentee Edited with an Introduction and Notes. OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS.
... politics . Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers . MARIA EDGEWORTH The Absentee Edited with an Introduction and Notes. OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS.
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... politics , disguise and reversal , and suppressed ( or delayed ) sexual attraction . Two deeper patterns or urges may be detected in the course of this action . One is the acknowledge- ment of reconciliation or union between differences ...
... politics , disguise and reversal , and suppressed ( or delayed ) sexual attraction . Two deeper patterns or urges may be detected in the course of this action . One is the acknowledge- ment of reconciliation or union between differences ...
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... political fact of the period , and Maria Edgeworth , as a novelist profoundly concerned with social responsibility , does not neglect that theme . She was not alone in this concern , though her companions in it were neither novelists ...
... political fact of the period , and Maria Edgeworth , as a novelist profoundly concerned with social responsibility , does not neglect that theme . She was not alone in this concern , though her companions in it were neither novelists ...
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... political as to ends achieved . An appreciation of the methods obtaining in Anglo - Irish politics at this time , and of English , even radical English , insouciance as to how the smaller island had been managed , may be gained from the ...
... political as to ends achieved . An appreciation of the methods obtaining in Anglo - Irish politics at this time , and of English , even radical English , insouciance as to how the smaller island had been managed , may be gained from the ...
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Maria Edgeworth W. J. McCormack, Kim Walker. political Union , in other words , is not simply a fact ; it is also a point of entry into the spiritual and aesthetic concerns of the age . The hero , Lord Colambre , is encountered in London ...
Maria Edgeworth W. J. McCormack, Kim Walker. political Union , in other words , is not simply a fact ; it is also a point of entry into the spiritual and aesthetic concerns of the age . The hero , Lord Colambre , is encountered in London ...
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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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