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Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) was a prolific novelist whom Sir Walter Scott called "one of the wonders of our age." First she published essays and illustrative stories for children; then, in 1800, came the novel for which she is best remembered, Castle Rackrent. By 1814, when she had published half her total literary output-Popular Tales, Belinda, The Modern Griselda, Tales of Fashionable Life in six volumes (including The Absentee), and Patronage-...
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In her own day, Maria Edgeworth's merits as a creative writer (author of Castle Rackrent and The Absentee) were recognized by many leading novelists and critics, among them Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott. W.B. Yeats described her as "the one serious novelist coming from the upper classes in Ireland, and the most finished and famous produced by any class there.' -- Provided by publisher.
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