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The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth

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The complete online text of The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth.


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Biography of Maria Edgeworth
708 words, approx. 2.4 pages
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 children (by four wives) of Richard Edgeworth, whose...
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Biography of Maria Edgeworth
8311 words, approx. 27.7 pages
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 the nineteenth century. She developed the late-eighteenth...
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Biography of Maria Edgeworth
4741 words, approx. 15.8 pages
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 was Sir Walter Scott, who credited Edgeworth's tales o...
 


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The Absentee Information
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<i>The Absentee</i> is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life. Lord Colambre, the sensitive hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to buy her way into the high society of London are only...


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San Francisco mayor, a rising Democrat, reelected
11/7/2007: 296 words, approx. 1 pages
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-election in Tuesday's vote. Under a change in the way ballots are counted,...
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Kyodo World Service
No. of long-term absentees increases for 1st time in 5 years
8/9/2007: 488 words, approx. 2 pages
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 first year-on-year increase in five years, the education ministry said in...
 


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The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth

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