Belinda

Name: Belinda
Price: 1.84 EUR
Author: Maria Edgeworth
ISBN: 9781443433792

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Maria Edgeworth

HarperPerennial Classics
Paru le : 22/04/2014

When Belinda Portman, an accomplished and gentle young woman, is sent to live with the witty and charming Lady Delacour, the two quickly develop a close... > Lire la suite

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When Belinda Portman, an accomplished and gentle young woman, is sent to live with the witty and charming Lady Delacour, the two quickly develop a close and affectionate bond. With Lady Delacour's support, Belinda learns to navigate London's complex and challenging society, contends with suitors for her hand in marriage, and discovers who is worthy of her trust, and ultimately, her heart. Belinda was author Maria Edgeworth's first full-length novel, and was originally serialized in three volumes.
Populated with witty and intelligent female characters, Belinda explores issues of gender, courtship, and race, and is believed to have served as inspiration for later authors' strong female characters, like those of Jane Austen, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Ivan Turgenev. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms.
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Date de parution : 22/04/2014
Editeur : HarperPerennial Classics
ISBN : 978-1-4434-3379-2
EAN : 9781443433792
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 544 pages

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- Pages : 544
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Biographie de Maria Edgeworth

Although born in England in 1768, Maria Edgeworth was raised in Ireland from a young age after the death of her mother. After nearly losing her sight at age fourteen, Edgeworth was tutored at home by her father, helping to run their estate and taking charge of her younger siblings. Over the course of her life she collaborated and published books with her father, and produced many more of her own adult and children's works, including such classics as Castle Rackrent, Patronage, Belinda, Ormond and The Absentee.
Edgeworth spent her entire life on the family estate, but kept up friendships and correspondences with her contemporaries Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, and her writing had a profound influence upon Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray. Edgeworth was outspoken on the issues of poverty, women's rights, and racial inequalities. During the beginnings of famine in Ireland, Edgeworth worked in relief and support of the sick and destitute.
She died in 1849 at the age of 81.