“And what are you reading, Miss –?” “Oh! it is only a novel!” replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. Both these images are in the public domain.Īusten singled out for praise one of Edgeworth’s most controversial books, Belinda, in her own novel, Northanger Abbey: ‘The authoress of Pride and Prejudice has been so good as to send me a new novel just published, Emma’ Jane Austen greatly admired the novels of Maria Edgeworth. This is particularly interesting since Edgeworth held progressive views for her time, her novels exploring issues such as inter-racial relationships, feminism and same-sex desire. Neither of us had read the Anglo-Irish writer before, but we’d long heard of her as an influence on Jane Austen. This month, we’ve really enjoyed reading and discussing The Absenteeby Maria Edgeworth.
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