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Castle Rackrent

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Introduction - Part 1
22:19
Introduction - Part 2
18:17
Introduction - Part 3
23:48
Author's Preface and Notes
14:19
Chapter 1 - Part 1
24:59
Chapter 1 - Part 2
16:28
Chapter 1 - Part 3
22:30
Chapter 1 - Glossary
28:12
Chapter 2 - Part 1
22:03
Chapter 2 - Part 2
21:26
Chapter 2 - Part 3
22:01
Chapter 2 - Part 4
26:32
Chapter 2 - Part 5
27:30
Chapter 2 - Glossary
16:36

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Told by Thady Quirk, the shrewd and devoted old steward of the estate, this short Irish novel follows four generations of the Rackrent family as they ruin themselves and their tenants. One heir drinks, another litigates endlessly, a third marries for money and locks his wife away, and each hands down a property more encumbered than the last. Maria Edgeworth published it anonymously in 1800, and its influence has been enormous. It is often called the first historical novel, the first regional novel, and an early experiment with the unreliable narrator, since Thady's fond loyalty quietly exposes far more than he means to reveal. Sharp, funny, and barely a hundred pages long, it reshaped how fiction could handle place, class, and voice. Free to read as a PDF and EPUB.

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth wrote fiction and educational prose with a sharp interest in social behavior, learning, and Irish life. Practical Education, Volume I was produced with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, and develops an experience-based approach to teaching through essays on attention, reading, conduct, and other parts of childhood education.

All 3 books by Maria Edgeworth