Author: EDGEWORTH, MARIA (1768-1849)
Title: Castle Rackrent : and, The absentee
Description: London : Macmillan and Co. 1895. First Edition. Good copy in gilt-blocked. decorated cloth over boards. Spine and hinges somewhat worn as with age. Remain quite well-preserved overall; tight. clean and strong. by Maria Edgeworth ; illustrated by Chris Hammond ; with an introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Physical description; l. 381 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Summary; 'Castle Rackrent' chronicles the oftenly hopelessly dissolute and debauched lives of the landowning Rackrent family. whilst the second novel. 'The Absentee'. in this collected book. set in rural Ireland and London society attacks the evils of absentee ownership and the wrongs that spring from it. Subjects; Landlord and tenant - Fiction. Rich people - Fiction. Poor families - Fiction. Absentee landlordism - Fiction. English fiction. General & literary fiction ; Classic fiction. Fiction / GeneralGenre; Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:

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