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...
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...
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...
An objective interest in human nature and the way it manifests itself in social custom no doubt lies behind Maria Edgeworth's liking for facts. But she never makes a general declaration of this kind. The facts in the notebooks do not coalesce with one...
SHARON MURPHY Maria Edgeworth and Romance. Four Courts Press, 2004, 45 [euro], $50.00 ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC writers for adults and children in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Ireland, Maria Edgeworth was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in...
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