The Absentee (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Edgeworth, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019283830X ISBN 13: 9780192838308

Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Lord Clonbrony and his ambitious, worldly wife lead an extravagant social life in London on the proceeds of their estates in Ireland. Their son, Lord Colambre, refusing to marry the heiress arranged for him by his mother, decides instead to investigate, incognito, the management of the family estates in Ireland. Appalled by the corruption, mismanagement, and poverty he discovers, he sets about finding a solution to his father's debts and the family's wilful indifference. Maria Edgeworth's classic novel combines a fast-miving depiction of national manners with a brilliantly witty expose of the pernicious system of absentee landownership.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 019283830X
• ISBN 13: 9780192838308
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 366
• Herausgeber: McCormack W. J., Walker Kim
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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