The Absentee
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"The Absentee" is a novel written by way of Maria Edgeworth. Set in 18th-century Ireland, the tale revolves across the absentee landlord machine, in which English landowners accrued rent from Irish tenants but not often lived on their estates. The novel's primary person is Lord Colambre, the heir to an absentee English nobleman who owns vast estates in Ireland. Lord Colambre's father sends him to Ireland to look at the circle of relative's residences, and he assumes the alias of Mr. Denham to advantage an extra correct knowledge of the situations and lives of the Irish tenants. As Lord Colambr...
"The Absentee" is a novel written by way of Maria Edgeworth. Set in 18th-century Ireland, the tale revolves across the absentee landlord machine, in which English landowners accrued rent from Irish tenants but not often lived on their estates. The novel's primary person is Lord Colambre, the heir to an absentee English nobleman who owns vast estates in Ireland. Lord Colambre's father sends him to Ireland to look at the circle of relative's residences, and he assumes the alias of Mr. Denham to advantage an extra correct knowledge of the situations and lives of the Irish tenants. As Lord Colambre navigates the social and financial complexities of Ireland, he will become entangled in an internet of circle of relatives secrets, romantic entanglements, and moral dilemmas. He encounters colourful characters, inclusive of the foxy agent Sir Terence O'Fay and the charming heiress Miss Broadhurst, all of whom play pivotal roles in the unfolding drama. Maria Edgeworth's "The Absentee" is a satirical and socially aware novel that addresses problems of absentee landlordism, cultural conflict, and the moral duties of the privileged magnificence towards their tenants. Through bright characters and attractive storytelling, Edgeworth provides a crucial statement on the harsh realities confronted by means of the Irish peasantry for the duration of this historic duration, shedding mild at the tensions among the English aristocracy and the Irish people.
