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The Absentee

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Based on 64 Ratings and 7 Reviews

Book Description
Set in London, this novel describes the attitudes of an Irish landowning family towards their tenants, emphasizing the pernicious consequences for Ireland and for the wider world of absentee landownership. The book includes appendices showing how Edgeworth revised the text from the 1st edition, and Edgeworth's "Notes for essay on the genius and style of Burke". "The absentee" (1812) is the second ... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (26 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages368
ISBN-100192816829
ISBN-13978-0192816825
Publication Date12/01/1988
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About Maria Edgeworth (Author) : Maria Edgeworth is a published author. Some of the published credits of Maria Edgeworth include The Parent's Assistant.
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About Kim Walker (Editor) : Kim Walker is a published editor. Published credits of Kim Walker include The Absentee (Oxford World's Classics).
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About W. J. McCormack (Editor) : W. J. McCormack is a published editor. Some of the published credits of W. J. McCormack include The Absentee (Oxford World's Classics), The Eustace Diamonds (Oxford World's Classics), The Works of Mar... more
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