Essential Novelists - Maria Edgeworth - formato ePub

 ¿Qué te queda por desear cuando ya lo tienes todo?El conde  de Glenthorn fallece dejando a su heredero su título y una enorme fortuna. El joven conde se entrega sin medida a las diversiones y vicios...

The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life, that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition...

Maria Edgeworth's 'Castle Rackrent' is a landmark novel in the development of the English novel, as it is often considered the first true historical novel. Set in 18th century Ireland, the book chronicles...

The author has taken a serious subject in the history of Ireland and as always masterfully presented it in a funny, ironic and entertaining way. This historical novel is a story of four generations of...

Patronage provides a fascinating glimpse into the society of the time, from the aristocracy and ballrooms of London to the life of a young doctor or lawyer on the make. The story centers on two families,...

Maria Edgeworth's 'The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children' is a collection of moral tales meant to educate and entertain young readers. Published in 1796, during the height of the British Romantic...

Belinda is an 1801 novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Maria Edgeworth. The novel was considered controversial in its day for its depiction of an interracial marriage. Belinda is a young lady who lives with...

The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life, that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition...

Belinda is an 1801 novel by the Irish writer Maria Edgeworth. It was first published in three volumes by Joseph Johnson of London, and was reprinted by Pandora Press in 1986. The novel was Edgeworth's...

"Càndida alumna, acceptaràs de seguida el meu primer axioma fonamental: que una dama no pot actuar mai incorrectament". Així arrenca Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) aquest assaig adreçat a les dones del seu...

Just before coming of age, Lord Colambre, the young hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to buy her way into the high society of London are only ridiculed, while his father,...

In the quaint countryside of England, a young woman named Helen finds herself at a crossroads. With her father's sudden death, she is left alone and vulnerable, her future uncertain. As she navigates...

La Biblioteca Clàssica del Núvol us presenta Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849), una autora irlandesa desconeguda a casa nostra i que fins ara no havia estat mai traduïda al català. Jane Austen l'admirava de...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful...

Helen tells the story of a young orphan, Helen Stanley, whose guardian, Dean Stanley, has squandered his fortune and left Helen without means of support. She is forced to take up residence with the local...

Maria Edgeworth's 'Castle Rackrent' is a pioneering work of the early Irish novel, characterized by its satirical and comedic depiction of the decline of the Irish aristocracy. Through the story of the...

'Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row'' Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post'Grady is a master...

April, 1941. At the former Whitechapel Road Underground station, repurposed as an air raid shelter since the onset of the Blitz, the body of a woman has been discovered, stabbed and eviscerated. With...

TThere is something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, and it has business opportunists, biological scientists and...

Bologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsElena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred...

When gods war...Death is everywhere, Hopelessness. Despair. Dark Days.Fate has chosen her champions, and no one will expect what two children can do against the might of the Last God.They don't know it...

It was Fern Honeycutt's eyes that gave her away. Not witch. All demon.Her coven saw her as an abomination, handing her over to pure evil.She escaped, but a lone female is an easy target. When breeder...

Lights, camera... action?Ainsley Beckett might be television's sweetheart, star of a dozen romantic movies and known the world over for her sweet-as-pie schoolmarm on hit historical TV show As The Heart...

Summer and Ruari were the perfect childhood sweethearts. They did everything together, from book festivals to escape rooms, coastal walks to paintballing, and their love was the stuff of fairy tales....

Truth makes traitors out of even the most dutiful.Zanteera Island has a secret: it has two prisons. Vana, the one the world knows and fears, and an unnamed compound lined with comforts. Serving her National...

Don't miss the next instalment in the Solanki and McQueen Crime Series, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid and Marion Todd. 'A complex and expertly crafted thriller.'...

A. K. Herman's wondrous and shattering debut collection imbues people on the periphery with power hardly visible to outsiders—where no one conforms to type. In the title story, to leave a seemingly friendly...

And anyway, who cares? All that matters is that the guy is dead, right? A dark and thrilling ride about the most unlikely of killers, perfect for Tarantino fans, by the award-winning and bestselling...

'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly...

Thinking Beyond La Boìte is a magical realist novel that explores the intersection of fate, self-discovery, and connection. Vincent, a young man trapped in a seemingly ordinary world, stumbles upon an...

October 1678. Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, respected London wood monger and Court Justice, sets out from his house, early one foggy morning, in his second-best coat. Then he vanishes. Six days later, his...

From PEN Award­­–winning author Sergio de la Pava comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled...

'The stories are rich in dialogue - indeed on many pages there is only dialogue - while the quick exchange of words beats out the rhythm of history on the move' CLAIRE CONNOLLY from her preface to The...

Perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy and Thea Guanzon, Rebecca Robinson’s thrilling romantasy debut combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance. All her life,...

The truth is buried for a reason.Ansgar the Skald is sailing into the middle of an epic war between two legendary vikings. That's about to be the least of his problems.Delving deep beneath Midgard? Battling...

From Britney King, the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair, comes a dark psychological thriller that will make you question the boundaries of trust and the depths of deception.They say love...

Chris was a young man full of life, ready to seize every moment. But one fateful night at a party by the river, everything changed. When the enigmatic Angie is found dead the next morning, Chris becomes...

EJ inherited a royal treasure…but who will wear the crown?My specialty is guest lists and cocktails, not casting spells and hawking houseplants–but when I became heir to faery portal along with a plant...

Do you love winter and holiday reads? How about TEN OF THEM?Wishes, Snow, and Misteltoe is the perfect primer if you're new to my books or a longtime reader, and want all the fun and spice of the winter...

Dragons need love too… sometimes they're just too stubborn to admit it. Luckily, it's true what they say about love: it really does conquer all. Eventually. This box set contains: Dragon His Heels, in...

 The Addison Smith Chapbook Series collects the short fiction of Addison Smith in small, themed volumes of five to six stories each. These stories have appeared in various publications, and may appear...

A mysterious confession leads Amy and Ambrose down an unexpected path in their latest case.After a teenager comes into the station to confess to murder, Amy and Ambrose find themselves looking into a...

Emily Peterson is the Great Witch, the most powerful of them all. Even she has limits. Defeating the Great Dark Witch pushed magical essence, the remnants of good and evil magic through space. Since both...

A Christmas wedding at Edelweiss Inn may sound like the romantic ending of a fairy tale; but for Sandra and her lifelong friends it becomes a sequence of uncomfortable and often hilarious incidents which...

YOU LOVED TAYLOR'S VERSION, NOW IT'S TIME FOR TAYLOR'S CATS' SIDE OF THE STORY.Meet Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button - Taylor Swift's three cats. By day, they live the ultra-pampered,...

A bastard among the outcasts of Faery—Corlas is a rare and unwanted hybrid born of a forbidden love. Half elf, half green seer; it seems he has no future with either of his blood lines.But Fate won't...