

An edition of The Absentee (1812)
By Maria Edgeworth
Publish Date
March 2003
Publisher
IndyPublish.com
Language
eng
Pages
284
Description:
On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives: his mother cannot buy her way into society no matter how hard he tries, and his father is being ruined by her continued attempts. The young Lord then travels to his home in Ireland, encountering adventure on the way, and discovers that the native residents are being exploited in his father's absence.
subjects: Fiction, British, Administration of estates, Socialites, Landowners, Absentee landlordism, Landlord and tenant, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, family life, Fiction, humorous, general, Ireland, fiction, Gentry, Landlords, Social life and customs, Administration successorale, Romans, nouvelles, Absentéisme (Économie rurale), Britanniques, Propriétaires fonciers, Personnalités
Places: Ireland