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127 pages • first pub 1800 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199537556
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 June 2009
Description
With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel ...
Community Reviews Summary of 529 reviews
Moods
informative 42%
reflective 40%
challenging 37%
lighthearted 28%
adventurous 8%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 2%
sad 2%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 26%
slow 24%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 62% | A mix: 18% | Plot: 12% | N/A: 6%Strong character development?
No: 67% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 8% | N/A: 5%Loveable characters?
No: 61% | It's complicated: 23% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 84% | Yes: 9% | It's complicated: 3% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 11%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
AntisemitismModerate
Confinement, AlcoholMinor
Sexism, Colonisation, Xenophobia
127 pages • first pub 1800 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199537556
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 June 2009
Description
With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically innovative, and wonderfully entertaining, the novel ...
Community Reviews Summary of 529 reviews
Moods
informative 42%
reflective 40%
challenging 37%
lighthearted 28%
adventurous 8%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 2%
sad 2%
tense 2%
Pace
fast 26%
slow 24%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 62% | A mix: 18% | Plot: 12% | N/A: 6%Strong character development?
No: 67% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 8% | N/A: 5%Loveable characters?
No: 61% | It's complicated: 23% | Yes: 14%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 84% | Yes: 9% | It's complicated: 3% | N/A: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 67% | It's complicated: 20% | No: 11%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
AntisemitismModerate
Confinement, AlcoholMinor
Sexism, Colonisation, Xenophobia