The second series of 'Tales of Fashionable Life' (1812) did so well that she was now the most commercially successful novelist of her age.

The lively comedy of this novel in which a young woman comes of age amid the distractions and temptations of London high society belies the challenges it poses to the conventions of courtship, the dependence of women, and the limitations of ...

His ensuing adventures take him from rural Ireland to fashionable Parisian society, where his good intentions in the areas of books, love and money are thoroughly tested.

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Edgeworth has presented a life-like character, Harry Ormond, who is brought-up by lenience and neglect. The motif of the novel is the importance of literacy and upbringing.

Reproduction of the original: The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth by Maria Edgeworth

Here is a book written almost 200 years ago that was far ahead of its time. Maria Edgeworth (1867 - 1849) was an Irish novelist. Maria managed her father's large estate and later drew on this knowledge in her novels.