Ormond (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Edgeworth, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140436448 ISBN 13: 9780140436440

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2001

Synopsis

An orphan, handsome Harry Ormond has been raised, with a mixture of indulgence and neglect, by the corrupt, hard-drinking Anglo-Irish politician, Sir Ulick O'Shane. When Ormond's hot temper involves him in a near-fatal shooting, he is sent away to live with King Corny, his guardian's kind-hearted, eccentric cousin. Possessing neither property nor fortune, Ormond is determined to make his way in the world like an Irish Tom Jones. Blending issues of moral development with questions about the shape of Ireland's political future, Maria Edgeworth emphasizes the importance of education and upbringing, as opposed to inheritance and lineage, in her tale of Harry Ormond.

About this title

About the Author:

Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) was the eldest daughter of an Anglo-Irish landholding family. Educated in England, she returned to assist in managing her father's estate and wrote about Ireland in several successful novels, or tales as she called them, as well as a defense of women's education.

Claire Connolly was educated at the National University of Ireland, Cork, and is a lecturer at Cardiff University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0140436448
• ISBN 13: 9780140436440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 313
• Editor: Connolly Claire