Castle Rackrent
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24.05.2022
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Englisch
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9788728185384
It is 'Downton Abbey' meets 'Succession' - but in the 18th century.
Four generations of heirs to the Rackrent estate in Ireland are shown to have unique talents for mismanaging it.
The careless big spender Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, abusive gambler Sir Kit Rackrent and the kind but unwise Sir Condy Rackrent are brought vividly to life by Maria Edgeworth through a narrator, Rackrent steward Thady Quirk.
As the four heirs fight and foul up, behind the scenes there is a master manipulator pulling the strings. Will he benefit from the chaos?
'Castle Rackrent' is Edgeworth's first novel and is regarded as pioneering in the field of historical and regional novels.
It satirises Anglo-Irish landlords at a time when the English and Irish governments were trying to formalise their union.
The novel is alluded to in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. It is also cited by Sir Walter Scott as the inspiration for his 'Waverley' historical novels.
The Irish poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats called Castle Rackrent "one of the most inspired chronicles written in English."
Four generations of heirs to the Rackrent estate in Ireland are shown to have unique talents for mismanaging it.
The careless big spender Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, abusive gambler Sir Kit Rackrent and the kind but unwise Sir Condy Rackrent are brought vividly to life by Maria Edgeworth through a narrator, Rackrent steward Thady Quirk.
As the four heirs fight and foul up, behind the scenes there is a master manipulator pulling the strings. Will he benefit from the chaos?
'Castle Rackrent' is Edgeworth's first novel and is regarded as pioneering in the field of historical and regional novels.
It satirises Anglo-Irish landlords at a time when the English and Irish governments were trying to formalise their union.
The novel is alluded to in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. It is also cited by Sir Walter Scott as the inspiration for his 'Waverley' historical novels.
The Irish poet and dramatist W.B. Yeats called Castle Rackrent "one of the most inspired chronicles written in English."
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