1. Maria Edgeworth - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, the second child of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Anna Maria Edgeworth nee Elers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth 1 January 22 May ) was an Anglo-Irish novelist. Maria Edgeworth was born at Black Bourton Oxfordshire , the second child of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Anna Maria Edgeworth nee Elers. On her father's second marriage in 1773, she went with him to Ireland , where she eventually was to settle on his estate, Edgeworthstown , in County Longford . There, she mixed with the Anglo-Irish gentry, particularly Kitty Pakenham (later the wife of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ), Lady Moira, and her aunt Margaret Ruston of Black Castle . She acted as manager of her father's estate, later drawing on this experience for her novels about the Irish. Edgeworth's early literary efforts were melodramatic rather than realistic. One of her schoolgirl novels features a villain who wore a mask made from the skin of a dead man's face. Maria's first published work was Letters for Literary Ladies in 1795, followed in by her first children's book, The Parent's Assistant , and in by her first novel Castle Rackrent In the Edgeworth family went abroad, first to

2. Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth is often considered either the Irish Jane Austen or the female Sir Walter Scott, although her writing actually influenced both. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/wives/writers/edgeworth.html

Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth is often considered either the 'Irish Jane Austen' or the 'female Sir Walter Scott,' although her writing actually influenced both. Her novels and stories fall into three categories: sketches of Irish life, commentary on contemporary English society, and instruction in children's moral training. Published between 1796 and 1834, her work is characterized by both a Scott-like Romantic attachment to the past and an Austenian wit and rationalism. The English-born Edgeworth was the second of 21 children (by four wives). Her father was Richard Lovell Edgeworth, who held both an Irish estate and progressive ideas on education, particularly on the shortcomings of female education. Maria Edgeworth was schooled in Derby, England, and then in London. Her father believed that education was central to the construction of the "new" individual of the 18th century, who would rise on merit rather than birth an idea derived from and also spurring the revolutions in politics and philosophy in the late 1700s. In 1782, Edgeworth went to live with her father at Edgeworthstown in Ireland to serve as his property manager. Here she collected material for her novels about Irish landlords and peasants, but she also ingested his theories of education. Thirteen years later, Maria Edgeworth's first published work appeared: "Letters for Literary Ladies," a plea for women's education reform. She would later collaborate with her father on

3. Maria Edgeworth --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Maria Edgeworth AngloIrish writer, known for her children s stories and for her novels of Irish life. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9031995/Maria-Edgeworth

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4. A Portrait Of Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth was born in Oxford in 1767, the eldest child of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his first wife Anna Maria Elers. In 1780 after her stepmother, http://www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resour

5. Maria Edgeworth - LoveToKnow 1911 MARIA EDGEWORTH (17671849), Irish novelist, second child and eldest daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his first wife, Anna Maria Elers, http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Maria_Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth From LoveToKnow 1911 MARIA EDGEWORTH (1767-1849), Irish novelist, second child and eldest daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his first wife, Anna Maria Elers, was born in the house of her maternal grandparents at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire , on the 1st of January 1767. Her early efforts in fiction were of a sufficiently melodramatic character; for she recollected one of her schoolgirl compositions, in which the hero wore a mask made of the dried skin taken from a dead man's face. Her holidays were often spent in the house of the eccentric Thomas Day , for whom she entertained a genuine respect. She had ample opportunities for society among her father's neighbours in Ireland , among whom were the second Lord Longford , whose daughter, "Kitty" Pakenham, became later duchess of Wellington , Lady Moira at Castle Forbes , and Maria's aunt, Margaret Ruxton, at Black Castle. She gained a first-hand experience of the Irish peasantry by acting as her father's assistant in the management of the estate. The Edgeworths were in Ireland from 1793 onwards through that dangerous period, and Maria's letters, always gay and natural, make very light of their anxieties and their real perils. Mr Edgeworth encouraged his daughter's literary instincts. It has been the fashion to regard his influence over Maria's work as altogether deplorable, but against the disadvantages arising from his interference must be weighed the stimulus she undoubtedly derived from his powerful mind. Her first publication was a plea for female education

6. Maria Edgeworth: Free Web Books, Online Maria edgeworth maria Edgeworth. Novelist, only child of Richard E., of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, was born near Reading. Her father, who was himself a http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/e/edgeworth/maria/

The University of Adelaide Library eBooks Help Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849) Biographical note Maria Edgeworth Novelist, only child of Richard E., of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, was born near Reading. Her father, who was himself a writer on education and mechanics, bestowed much attention on her education. She showed early promise of distinction, and assisted her father in his literary labours, especially in Practical Education and Essay on Irish Bulls (1802). She soon discovered that her strength lay in fiction, and from 1800, when her first novel, Castle Rackrent , appeared, until 1834, when her last, Helen Moral Tales and Belinda Leonora Tales of Fashionable Life (1809 and 1812), and a Memoir of her father [From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin, 1910 More ... from Wikipedia Works Letters to Literary Ladies (1795) The Parent's Assistant (1796) Practical Education (1798) Castle Rackrent (1800) [ read download Early Lessons (1801) Belinda (1801) Essay on Irish Bulls (1802) Popular Tales (1804) The Modern Griselda (1804) Moral Tales for Young People (1805) Leonore (1806) Tales of Fashionable Life (1809) The Absentee (1812) Patronage (1814) Harrington, a tale (1817)

7. The Literary Gothic | Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth page at The Literary Gothic, the web s premier guide to Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to 1950. http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/edgeworth.html

Edgeworth, Maria 1 January 1767 - 22 May 1849 English writer (who did a lot of her growing up in Ireland), author of the satiric and politically charged Castle Rackrent Sites: Biographical note Includes bibliography and images. [ The Edgeworth Website , John McGerr] Biographical note [Wikipedia] Brief biographical note [Penguin Putnam] Biographical note [Laura McGrane, Haverford College; Literary Encyclopedia] Biographical note [NNDB] Maria Edgeworth Includes some synopses and contemporary reviews of some of Edgeworth's novels. [Corvey Women Writers on the Web, Sheffield Hallam U] Brief biographical note [Gothic Labyrinth] Brief overview By George Saintsbury, from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907-1921) [Bartleby.com] Brief biographical note Columbia Encyclopedia , Bartleby] Brief biographical note [Patricia Chadwick, PageWise] The Noel Collection Brief biographical note Part of the PBS website for the 2002 production of Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters Maria Edgeworth A full-length biography of Edgeworth, published by Macmillan in 1905, by the Hon. Emily Lawless. [Celebration of Women Writers] Brief biographical note [John W. Cousins

8. Maria Edgeworth Biography And Summary Maria Edgeworth biography with 306 pages of profile on Maria Edgeworth sourced from encyclopedias, critical essays, summaries, and research journals. http://www.bookrags.com/Maria_Edgeworth

Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Biographies Research Anything: All BookRags Literature Guides Essays Criticism Biographies Encyclopedias History Encyclopedias Films Periodic Table ... Amazon.com Maria Edgeworth Summary Order the Maria Edgeworth Summary Pack View 9 Maria Edgeworth Critical Essays Maria Edgeworth About 306 pages (91,638 words) in 15 products "Maria Edgeworth" Search Results Contents: Biographies Works by Author Summaries Criticism Biography Name: Maria Edgeworth Birth Date: January 1, 1767 Death Date: May 22, 1849 Nationality: English Gender: Female Occupations: author, novelist summary from source: Biography of Maria Edgeworth 708 words, approx. 2 pages 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,... summary from source: Biography of Maria Edgeworth 8,311 words, approx. 28 pages summary from source: Biography of Maria Edgeworth 4,741 words, approx. 16 pages summary from source: Biography of Maria Edgeworth 2,828 words, approx. 9 pages

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ADV: Get 25 FREE Downloads from eMusic! Papers [1-15] of 95 :: [Page 1 of 7] Go to page : Search results on "EDGEWORTH MARIA": Term Paper # 50939 SHOPPING CART DISABLED Maria Edgeworth's "Belinda" This paper discusses the feminist implications of Maria Edgeworth's 19th century novel, "Belinda". 2,640 words ( approx. 10.6 pages ), 5 sources, APA, $ 79.95 Click here to show/hide summary Abstract This paper explains that Edgeworth's "Belinda" seems to flaunt the 19th century ideas about the proper behavior of women in society, but the novel does little to challenge many of the accepted roles of women in that society. The author points out that, in her time, Maria Edgeworth was a well-respected, popular, and published author of some renown and is considered to be one of the western world's best female novelists of the 19th century. The author, nonetheless, believes that the novel "Belinda" is often tedious and repetitive; Edgeworth's prose can often be difficult because of her many long passages. From the Paper "In chapter XVI, Belinda goes to Lady Anne Percival, and experiences domestic happiness in their house. Chapter XVII begins with a discussion between Belinda and Mrs. Freke, who spread rumor of the relationship between Clarence Hervey and Lady Delacour. Belinda meets Mr. Vincent. In chapter XVIII, Mr. Vincent brings up the differences obvious between the happy, domestic Anne Percival and Lady Delacour, but Belinda quiets him by noting her friendship with the Lady Delacour. Lady Anne Percival tells Belinda of Mr. Vincent's affection for Belinda, and Belinda tells Lady Ann about Clarence Hervey. In chapter XIX Belinda learns of Lady Delacour's poor health, and decides to return to Lady Delacour. In XX, Belinda is taken into the lives of Lady Delacour and Clarence Hervey. In XXI, we see the cold interaction of Lady Delacour and her daughter Helena."

10. WOMEN, EDUCATION AND LITERATURE The Papers Of Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849 Part 1: Maria Edgeworth occupies an important place in the history of women’s writing. A pioneer of social realism, her novels represent a significant contribution http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/Women-EdL-1/editorial-

A B C D ... P Q R S T U V W X Y Z WOMEN, EDUCATION AND LITERATURE The Papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1768-1849 Part 1: The Edgeworth Papers from the Bodleian Library, Oxford "The publication of this microfilm edition will vastly assist readers and scholars everywhere to extend and deepen their knowledge of Edgeworth’s works, through access for the first time to the great bulk of an unusually rich archive of unpublished writings and correspondence." Jane Austen was an admirer and sent her one of the first printed copies of Emma. Sir Walter Scott acknowledged his debt to her in the Preface to his Waverley Novels in 1829. Writers such as Balzac, Chekhov, Gogol, George Sand and Turgenev were all influenced by her. Maria Edgeworth is also an important figure in the History of Education, particularly concerning the education of women. In Practical Education (1798) she demanded that the shackles should be removed from female education: "[A woman’s] knowledge must be various, and her powers of reason unawed by authority..." It provides a platform for the study of: Anglo-Irish Literature Female Education Literary Life and Society, c.1789-1850

11. Maria Edgeworth - Biography And Works maria edgeworth. Biography of maria edgeworth and a searchable collection of works. http://www.online-literature.com/maria-edgeworth/

The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth Search all of Maria Edgeworth Advanced Search Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849), English novelist and teacher, wrote Castle Rackrent One of the eminent intellectuals in Irish history, for more than a quarter-century she bore her high standards as an educationist and writer on class, race and gender. Outspoken and small in stature she was never short on grace and wit. Maria Edgeworth was born on 1 January 1768 at her maternal grandfather's home at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England. Her father, an Anglo-Irishman Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), writer, scientist, inventor and educationist, who would marry four times and have twenty-four children. Her mother, Anna Maria Elers (1743–1773), would die when Maria was six, attended by Dr. Darwin, Charles' Darwin's father, who tried in vain to save her. The beautiful Honora Sneyd (d.1780) became Maria's first step-mother. Under the ever-watchful eye of her father, a follower of

12. Maria Edgeworth ALL the letters of Miss edgeworth in fullsized type to be found in the following pages are new, the greater number having been not only never before been http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/lawless/edgeworth/edgeworth.html

[Page] [Page] ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS EDITED BY JOHN MORLEY MARIA EDGEWORTH [Page] Title Page ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS MARIA EDGEWORTH BY THE HON. EMILY LAWLESS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY [Page] BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1904. Reprinted, April, 1905. Norwood Press Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. [Page] PREFATORY NOTE ALL the letters of Miss Edgeworth in full-sized type to be found in the following pages are new, the greater number having been not only never before been published, but not even printed. For permission to make use of them, as well as for much invaluable advice in the course of writing this book, I am indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Arthur Butler (the daughter of Miss Edgeworth's youngest brother, Michael Pakenham), who has allowed me to read over a number of letters still in her possession in MS., and to select those which seemed to me of most interest. For permission to make use of the privately printed family Memoir of Miss Edgeworth I am further indebted to Mrs. Arthur Butler, and in addition to Miss Edgeworth's two nephews, Professor F. Y. Edgeworth, of All Soul's College, Oxford, and Mr. Eroles Edgeworth, the present owner of Edgeworthstown. E. L.

13. Maria Edgeworth Literary Works maria edgeworth. Titles in Fiction category. Absentee, The. Are you to be at Lady Clonbrony s gala next week? said Lady Langdale to Mrs. Dareville, http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.117/

Fiction Non-Fiction Young Readers Poetry ... Members :: Tools Printer-friendly Maria Edgeworth Titles in Fiction category: Absentee, The 'Are you to be at Lady Clonbrony's gala next week?' said Lady Langdale to Mrs. Dareville, whilst they were waiting for their carriages in the crush-room of the opera house. Link to ClassicReader.com! Building better Web sites through better information. Click here and take our poll!

14. MEdgeworth On a May day in 1849, maria edgeworth was laid to rest in a vault of The second child of Richard Lovell edgeworth, maria was born on New Year s Day 1767 http://homepage.eircom.net/~jmac/MEdgeworth.htm

On a May day in 1849, Maria Edgeworth was laid to rest in a vault of Edgeworthstown Church. The great famine which decimated the people she loved marred her last years. Even though in her late seventies, no-one had worked more strenuously or with such hospitality and kindness as she had worked for the relief of the stricken peasants at the height of the famine. She had shown the same involvement and generosity throughout her entire life and had devoted her best talents to the betterment of the people of her adoption. Maria Edgeworth's books on the Irish people brought her world fame and the acclaim of such writers as Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen, Byron and the Russian writer Turgenev. The second child of Richard Lovell Edgeworth , Maria was born on New Year's Day 1767, at Blackbourton, Oxfordshire. She was sent to school at Derby until when she was 14. The death of her mother at this time brought Edgeworth and his eldest daughter closer together. He wanted her to contribute something to the world (he himself was an inventor, road builder, politician, educationalist and writer) . He was determined that Maria would "have a tincture of every species of literature, and form a taste by choice and not by chance." Thus after Derby she went to school in London. In 1782 she came to Edgeworthstown with her father and acted as his chief assistant and secretary in the management of his estates here. She gained the intimate knowledge of Irish peasant life that was to form the backbone of her novels. She helped to educate her brothers and sisters, and the stories she invented for them were later published and sold well

15. The San Antonio College LitWeb Maria Edgeworth Page About edgeworth Marilyn Butler, maria edgeworth. Oxford, 1972. Percy H. Newby, maria edgeworth. Alan Swallow, 1950. maria edgeworth. http://www.accd.edu/Sac/english/bailey/edgewort.htm

The Maria Edgeworth Page Major Works Letters for Literary Ladies On-line Excerpt The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children Practical Education Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale Moral Tales for Young People Belinda Early Lessons Irish Bulls Popular Tales Modern Griselda Leonora Tales of Fashionable Life ( 1809 ). First Series. Tales of Fashionable Life ( 1812 ). Second Series. Patronage Harington Ormond Comic Dramas Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth ( 1820 ). Finished by ME Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces Chosen Letters . Edited by F. V. Barry. , 1931. Penguin Books and Oxford World's Classics publish several of ME's works. About Edgeworth Marilyn Butler, Maria Edgeworth . Oxford, 1972. Percy H. Newby, Maria Edgeworth . Alan Swallow, 1950. Maria Edgeworth "Imprisonment in Castle Rackrent: A Gothic Convention..." Back to Gothic Novel Back to English Romantic Literature

16. Corvey CW3 | Author Page Contents list of Corvey Collection, synopses of several novels, and full text of contemporary reviews. http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=ME1

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THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET Home Biographical Index Reading List Search ... Authors by Date TOPICS: A B C D ... Z PEOPLE: A B C D ... Z MARIA EDGEWORTH English children's author A man who sells his conscience for his interest, will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country, will betray his friend. Conscience According to the Asiatics, Cupid's bow is strung with bees which are apt to sting, sometimes fatally, those who meddle with it. Cupid Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved. Beauty Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. Fortune It is unjust and absurd of persons advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side; the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return. Confidence Nature's hasty conscience. Shame Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. Property There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

18. Literary Encyclopedia Maria Edgeworth Generally considered one of the most important AngloIrish fiction writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, maria edgeworth http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1390

19. Maria Edgeworth — Infoplease.com edgeworth, maria, 1767–1849, Irish novelist; daughter of Richard Lovell edgeworth. She lived practically her entire life on her father s estate in Ireland. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0816760.html

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20. Essay On Maria Edgeworth And Classical Political Economy His aunt, the Victorian author, maria edgeworth (17671849), could claim the title of the first political economist in the edgeworth family. http://www.cswep.org/edgeworth.html

Maria Edgeworth and Classical Political Economy William Kern, Western Michigan University Amongst economists the name Edgeworth is a familiar one owing to the significant contributions of the British neoclassical economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. But what is less well known is that F. Y. Edgeworth was not the first in the Edgeworth family to have a considerable interest in economics. His aunt, the Victorian author, Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849), could claim the title of the first political economist in the Edgeworth family. Maria was born in England, though she lived most of her life in Ireland. The family had owned property in Ireland for nearly two centuries when on Maria's fifteenth birthday her father, Richard Edgeworth, moved his family to the family mansion at Edgeworthstown. Edgeworthstown was her home until her death in 1847. The family estate was a large one involving a myriad of activities including the assignment of leases, the collection of rents, and the improvement of the land. In addition, as the most significant property owner in the hamlet, her faather also had a degree of political influence and obligations. As one of the eldest of the twenty-two children which Richard Edgeworth fathered, considerable responsibility fell to Maria both in conducting the affairs of the estate and in educating her siblings. She was, in the words of one of her biographers, "his right hand." As a result, she acquired a familiarity with economic and political matters rare for a woman of her age.

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