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Maria Edgeworth
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Maria Edgeworth was a female writer, novelist, essayist, and children's writer from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Born in Oxfordshire on 1 January 1768, she wrote in English and used the pseudonym Eliza Edgeworth. Her notable works include *Castle Rackrent*, *Old poz*, *Tales and novels*, *The Prussian vase; or The history of Sophia Mansfeld*, *Harrington, a tale*, *Ormond, a tale*, and *Little merchants*.
She died in Edgeworthstown on 22 May 1849. Edgeworth was the daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and had a sibling named Michael Pakenham Edgeworth. She was also related to Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. Her archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She is described in sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 January 1768
- Died
- 22 May 1849
- Works
- 935
Top works
- The basket-woman, and the orphans
- Idleness and industry exemplified, in the history of James Preston and Lazy Lawrence
- Forester
- Harry and Lucy
- Old poz
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1768-01-01 ) 1 January 1768, Black Bourton , Oxfordshire , England
- Died
- 22 May 1849 (1849-05-22) (aged 81), Edgeworthstown , County Longford , Ireland
- Resting place
- St. John's Churchyard, Edgeworthstown
- Occupation
- Writer (novelist)
- Nationality
- British, Irish
- Period
- 18th century
- Genre
- Regionalism, Romantic novel , children's literature
- Relatives
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth , (Father 1744–1817) Anna Maria Elers, (Mother 1743–1773)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Oxfordshire
- Place of death
- Edgeworthstown
- Father
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth
- Sibling
- Michael Pakenham Edgeworth
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- essay
- Image
- Maria Edgeworth by John Downman 1807.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maria Edgeworth
- date of birth
- 1767-00-00
- date of death
- 1849-00-00
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- Maria Edgeworth
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Eliza Edgeworth
- P8168
- Julie Cox
- name in native language
- Maria Edgeworth
- P12749
- Lørenskog
- relative
- Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
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Works in European collections
25 objects attributed to Maria Edgeworth, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views on estate management, politics, and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. During the first decade of the 19th century she was one of the most widely read novelists in Britain and Ireland. Her name today is most commonly associated with Castle Rackrent, her first novel, in which she, while Anglican herself, used the voice of an Irish Catholic character to narrate the dissipation and decline of a family from her own landed Anglo-Irish class.
Life
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