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The Absentee
Overview
Maria Edgeworth was as popular in her day as her great contemporary Sir Walter Scott, and 'The Absentee' (1812) is her best novel, a work which vividly evokes the conditions of the Irish peasantry and launches a sustained attack on the Anglo-Irish absentee landlord class. John Ruskin said that 'you can learn more of Irish politics by reading 'The Absentee'] than from a thousand columns out of blue-books.'
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- ISBN-13: 9781478225157
- ISBN-10: 1478225157
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: July 2012
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 244
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