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Maria Edgeworth came of a lively family which had settled in Ireland in the latter part of the sixteenth century. Her father at the age of five-and-twenty inherited the family estates at Edgeworthstown in 1769. He had snatched an early marriage, which did not prove happy. He... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales by Maria Edgeworth

Reproduction of the original: Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales by Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth was one of Europe's first true novelists. Working during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Edgeworth wrote prodigiously for both adults and children, with her works helping to define realist novels and social commentaries.