Harrington
Maria Edgeworth was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer who was a major influence in the development of the novel in Europe. Edgeworth was a prolific author who held advanced views on topics most women of her time were not involved in. Edgeworth and Jane Austen were considered to be the greatest female authors of the early 19th century. Harrington, published in 1817, is a novel told as an autobiography by a recovering anti-Semite. The book is set between the Jewish Naturalization Act and the Gordon Riots. The book is notable for making parallels between the discrimination of Jews and Catholics in Ireland.
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Harrington
Maria Edgeworth was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer who was a major influence in the development of the novel in Europe. Edgeworth was a prolific author who held advanced views on topics most women of her time were not involved in. Edgeworth and Jane Austen were considered to be the greatest female authors of the early 19th century. Harrington, published in 1817, is a novel told as an autobiography by a recovering anti-Semite. The book is set between the Jewish Naturalization Act and the Gordon Riots. The book is notable for making parallels between the discrimination of Jews and Catholics in Ireland.
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Harrington

Harrington

by Maria Edgeworth
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Harrington

by Maria Edgeworth

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Maria Edgeworth was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer who was a major influence in the development of the novel in Europe. Edgeworth was a prolific author who held advanced views on topics most women of her time were not involved in. Edgeworth and Jane Austen were considered to be the greatest female authors of the early 19th century. Harrington, published in 1817, is a novel told as an autobiography by a recovering anti-Semite. The book is set between the Jewish Naturalization Act and the Gordon Riots. The book is notable for making parallels between the discrimination of Jews and Catholics in Ireland.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781986405546
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 03/11/2018
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Susan Manly is a Lecturer in the School of English, University of St. Andrews. She is the editor of Maria Edgeworth’s Harrington and Practical Education, and the co-editor of her novels Helen and Leonora (Pickering and Chatto).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Maria Edgeworth: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text

Harrington

Appendix A: Correspondence between Maria Edgeworth and Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

Appendix B: From John Toland’s Letters to Serena (1704) and Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews (1714)

Appendix C: From Isaac D’Israeli’s Monthly Magazine article on Moses Mendelssohn (1798)

Appendix D: Contemporary reviews of Harrington

  1. From the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (August 1817)
  2. From the Edinburgh Review (August 1817)

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