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Maria Edgeworth
AuthorBooks · Second hand1768-1849
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views on estate management, politics, and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. During the first decade of the 19th century she was one of the most widely read novelists in Britain and Ireland. Her name today is most commonly associated with Castle Rackrent, her first novel, in which she, while Anglican herself, used the voice of an Irish Catholic character to narrate the dissipation and decline of a family from her own landed Anglo-Irish class.
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Birth
1768
Death
1849
First book
1795
Years writing
231
Maria Edgeworth was a key figure in the evolution of the European novel during the 19th century.
She is recognized as one of the first writers to introduce realism into children's literature.
Her most notable work, Castle Rackrent, remains a fundamental reference of her prolific literary career.
In addition to novels, she wrote essays and didactic works focused on education and moral conduct.
Throughout her life, she published under the pseudonym Eliza Edgeworth.