NOTES ON ‘THE ABSENTEE’
In August 1811, we are told, she wrote a little play
about landlords and tenants for the children of her
sister, Mrs. Beddoes. Mr. Edgeworth tried to
get the ...
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The British author Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) wrote novels that are characterized by clear, vivid style, good humor, and lively dialogue.Maria Edgeworth was born on Jan. 1, 1767, the second of the 21...
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Maria Edgeworth was the best-known novelist in Britain from 1800 until the publication of Walter Scott's Waverley in 1814. She was also one of the most important writers of fiction for children in th...
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On a literary tour in 1813, Maria Edgeworth was recognized by literary celebrities in London and Paris as one of the most important authors in the English-speaking world. Her only rival in popularity ...
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Maria Edgeworth was one of the most popular writers of the early nineteenth century. Although her fame during her lifetime was based on her adult novels, especially those set in Ireland, Edgeworth als...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin
Newsom, a rising star among Democrats who made headlines during
his first term by briefly allowing gay marriage, appears to
have easily won re-e...
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The number of long-term school absentees in Japanese elementary
and junior high schools totaled 126,764 in the 2006 school year
through March 31, up 3.7 percent from the previous year for the...
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Belgrade (dpa) - Serbia has confirmed its decline from a developed
to a Third World country in basketball with another early
elimination, this time at the Eurobasket in Spai...
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Bangkok (dpa) - A year ago Wednesday Thailand's military staged a
coup toppling former premier prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on
charges of corruption, und...
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Mather Lifeways offers a training program for caregivers called Powerful Tools for Caregivers. Could you say a few words about the program and the issues it addresses?Susan Rothas: Powerful Tools f...
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MIAMI (Reuters) - More and more U.S. voters are casting
their ballots before their state's official primary election day,
blurring the calendar in a presidential nominating contest that
once moved...
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The PGA Tour puts up a board at each event listing the top 15 in the FedEx Cup standings. Most of those players are somewhere else this week. Maybe they're spending time with their kids. Or getting...
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Pssst. Don't tell Iowa and New Hampshire, but people scattered all around the country could well be voting at the same time or even beat them to the polls this winter.Quite apart from the states ru...
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In terms of box office, the season has not been satisfying at the Metropolitan Opera. Sold-out new productions of The Magic Flute and Rodelinda notwithstanding, overall attendance still hasn't boun...
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Whatever Makes You Happy, by Lisa Grunwald. Random House, 238 pages, $23.95.
This novel says New York in its first sentence, which is about the courtyard of the narrator's childhood building, reco...
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The Absentee
Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth
San Francisco mayor, a rising Democrat, reelected
