Castle Rackrent and Ennui

By: Maria Edgeworth

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Paperback | 27 August 1992 | Edition Number 1

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"I could not but admire my lady''s spirit, and was proud to see Castle Rackrent again in all its glory"

Thady Quirk is the ever-present steward to four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Racrent, hilariously flattering and encouraging his hapless masters on their road to ruin. Ingeniously drawing on an actual chronicle of Maria Edgeworth''s family experiences, the narrative subtly emerges as a devastating commentary on the Anglo Irish occupation of rural Ireland. This volume also includes Ennui, a natural sequel to Castle Rackrent with its family nurse of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the lazy and gullible English earl, Lord Glenthorn, learns a shocking secret that will drive him and his nurse apart

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Introduction	p. 1
Note on the Text	p. 55
Bibliography	p. 57
Castle Rackrent	p. 59
Glossary	p. 123
Ennui	p. 139
Appendix: Review-article by R. L. and Maria Edgeworth of John Carr's The Stranger in Ireland	p. 324
Notes	p. 343
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