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Lord and Lady Clonbrony are more concerned with fashionable London society than with their responsibilities to those who live and work on their Irish estates. Concerned by this negligence their son Lord Colambre goes incognito to Ireland to observe the situation and to discover... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Irish author in the early 19th century. Edgeworth was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and corresponded with other famous authors such as Sir Walter Scott and the economist David Ricardo.

The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life, that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition of the Irish peasantry.

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 ridiculed, while his father, Lord Clonbrony, is in serious debt as a result of his wife's lifestyle. Colambre travels incognito... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

ust before coming of age, 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 ridiculed, while his father, Lord Clonbrony, is in serious debt as a result of his wife's lifestyle... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth was one of Europe's first true novelists. Working during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Edgeworth wrote prodigiously for both adults and children, with her works helping to define realist novels and social commentaries.

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, first published in 1812, that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition of the Irish peasantry. With many turns to the plot the novel has lots of information about Ireland... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire on January 1st 1768. Her early years were with her mother's family in England. Sadly, her mother died when Maria was five.

Maria was educated at Mrs Lattafi re's school in Derby in 1775. There she studied dancing, French... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth's "The Absentee" offers a penetrating look into 19th-century Irish society, focusing on the pervasive issue of absentee landlordism. Through sharp social satire, Edgeworth exposes the detrimental effects of landlords neglecting their Irish estates and tenants... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth's "The Absentee" offers a penetrating look into 19th-century Irish society, focusing on the pervasive issue of absentee landlordism. Through sharp social satire, Edgeworth exposes the detrimental effects of landlords neglecting their Irish estates and tenants... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 - 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth's The Absentee explores the moral and social consequences of absentee landlordism in Ireland through the story of Lord Colambre and his misguided parents, Lord and Lady Clonbrony. Living extravagantly in London, the Clonbronys neglect their Irish estate, relying... Read Full Overview

Maria Edgeworth's The Absentee explores the moral and social consequences of absentee landlordism in Ireland through the story of Lord Colambre and his misguided parents, Lord and Lady Clonbrony. Living extravagantly in London, the Clonbronys neglect their Irish estate, relying... Read Full Overview