Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849.

The absentee / Maria Edgeworth. - [New ed.] / with an introduction by Heidi Thomson /edited by Heidi Thomson and Kim Walker. - London : Penguin, 2000. - xxx, 277p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .

Previous ed.: London: Pickering & Chatto, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix-xxx).

An Irish landlord flees from a society marriage, to return in disguise to his family estate in Ireland. Here he sets out to find a solution to his father's debts and the mismanagement of the estate.

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Landlords--History--Fiction.--Ireland--19th century


Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction.--19th century


Regency novels.

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