Ormond

By Maria Edgeworth

Book Overview

This classic novel, written by the respected authors Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Maria Edgeworth, tells the story of Ormond, a young Irishman who struggles to find his place in the world after a difficult childhood. With vivid descriptions of the landscape and culture of Ireland, as well as complex and nuanced characters, this book is an essential addition to any reader's library.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1021943193
• ISBN13: 9781021943194
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An Irish Waverly?

Edgeworth's Ormond is a great book, comparable to the best of Scott and Austen. In it, we follow the young Ormond from his wealthy adolescence with his uncle; a sojourn with another, more eccentric uncle in the Black Islands; to a grand tour of Paris before the revolution; and to his mature return to Ireland. The mirroring of political tensions in pre-revolutionary France with conflicts between Irish political factions are further complicated by Ormond's own allegiance to the English mililary.This novel is more than a romance, more than a coming-of-age novel, and more than a historical novel. It possesses the same melange of styles one would expect from an heir of Sterne and Swift, and a progenitor of Le Fanu, Joyce, and Beckett. If you have read all of Austen and wonder what to read next, Ormond should be a delight.