Maria Edgeworth
Anglo-Irish novelist (1768–1849) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Maria Edgeworth?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe.[2] She held critical views on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. During the first decade of the 19th century she was one of the most widely read novelists in Britain and Ireland. Her name today most commonly associated with Castle Rackrent, her first novel in which she adopted an Irish Catholic voice to narrate the dissipation and decline of a family from her own landed Anglo-Irish class.
Maria Edgeworth | |
---|---|
Born | (1768-01-01)1 January 1768 Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England |
Died | 22 May 1849(1849-05-22) (aged 81) Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland |
Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
Nationality | British, Irish |
Period | 18th century |
Genre | Regionalism, Romantic novel, children's literature |
Relatives |
|
Signature | |