| Castle Rackrent | |
| Author | Maria Edgeworth |
|---|---|
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | J. Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 &ndash 22 May 1849 was an Anglo-Irish novelist Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Johnson |
| Publication date | 1800 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 316 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
Castle Rackrent, a short novel by Maria Edgeworth published in 1800, is often regarded as the first true historical novel and the first true regional novel in English. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1767 &ndash 22 May 1849 was an Anglo-Irish novelist Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States It is also widely regarded as the first family saga, and the first novel to use the device of a narrator who is both unreliable and an observer of, rather than a player in, the actions he chronicles.
The story of the Rackrent family is narrated by their steward, Thady Quirk. The characters, the country life and the language used in the novel are unmistakably Irish. Shortly before its publication, an introduction, glossary and footnotes, written in the voice of an English narrator, were added to the original text to blunt the negative impact the Edgeworths feared the book might have on English enthusiasm for the Act of Union 1800. The phrase Act of Union 1800 (or sometimes Act of Union 1801) (Acht an Aontais 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are
The novel is one of the few of Miss Edgeworth's novels which her father did not 'edit'.
External links
- Castle Rackrent, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
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