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A review by aminowrimo
The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
4.0
I needed to find a book whose author shared either my first name or last name. Since it's highly unlikely I'll find a book on FreeBooks that shares my last name, I found this one, by Maria Edgeworth.
The interesting thing about this book is that it was published in the same year as [b:Sense and Sensibility|14935|Sense and Sensibility|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203534s/14935.jpg|2809709]. And yet they're different. This book focuses on Lord Colambre, who is an absentee from Ireland. He's not yet of age, he's in love with his cousin, Grace Nugent, and he's hoping to marry her once he visits Ireland.
Let me say that in its time, this was definitely a very funny book. There are at least three highly comic scenes (one featuring a menagerie of animals and an eccentric count), there are funny sayings… really, the only reason I wasn't falling off my chair was because of the style— which you have to admit is a bit outdated.
That said, this was a highly enjoyable book. I'm not going to give away any spoilers (I can't help but click on VIEW SPOILER whenever I see it). Suffice it to say this is definitely worth a read. Definitely.
The interesting thing about this book is that it was published in the same year as [b:Sense and Sensibility|14935|Sense and Sensibility|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203534s/14935.jpg|2809709]. And yet they're different. This book focuses on Lord Colambre, who is an absentee from Ireland. He's not yet of age, he's in love with his cousin, Grace Nugent, and he's hoping to marry her once he visits Ireland.
Let me say that in its time, this was definitely a very funny book. There are at least three highly comic scenes (one featuring a menagerie of animals and an eccentric count), there are funny sayings… really, the only reason I wasn't falling off my chair was because of the style— which you have to admit is a bit outdated.
That said, this was a highly enjoyable book. I'm not going to give away any spoilers (I can't help but click on VIEW SPOILER whenever I see it). Suffice it to say this is definitely worth a read. Definitely.