The Absentee

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The Absentee is an 1812 novel by Maria Edgeworth that satirizes Anglo-Irish landlordism and explores themes of social responsibility, class, and national identity in Ireland.

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instanceOf novel
author Maria Edgeworth NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
depictsSocialGroup Anglo-Irish landlords
British aristocracy
Irish tenants
fictionalGenre national tale
firstPublicationContext published as part of Tales of Fashionable Life NERFINISHED
firstPublicationForm serialised
hasForm prose fiction
hasInfluenceOn Anglo-Irish literature NERFINISHED
later Irish national tales
literaryGenre novel of manners
satirical novel
social novel
literaryMovement Irish national tale
Realism
mainCharacter Grace Nugent NERFINISHED
Lady Clonbrony NERFINISHED
Lord Clonbrony NERFINISHED
Lord Colambre NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of absentee landlords in Ireland
depiction of Anglo-Irish aristocracy
early exploration of Irish national identity in fiction
originalLanguage English
partOf Tales of Fashionable Life NERFINISHED
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of Maria Edgeworth's major Irish novels
publicationYear 1812
publisher J. Johnson and Co. NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor Castle Rackrent NERFINISHED
Ennui NERFINISHED
Ormond NERFINISHED
setInCountry England NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
setInPeriod early 19th century
settingCity Dublin NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
theme Anglo-Irish landlordism
Irish peasantry
absentee landlordism
class
colonial relations between Britain and Ireland
improvement and reform
national identity
social responsibility
timeOfCreation early 19th century

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Maria Edgeworth notableWork The Absentee