Castle Rackrent, Paperback/Maria Edgeworth

Castle Rackrent chronicles the declining fortunes and ultimate ruin of the Rackrent family through the mishandling of their estate by a series of incompetent heirs. This edition does more than any other to set this classic novel in the political, economic, and religious context of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Irish life. Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd Author(s): Maria Edgeworth Number of pages: 180 Collection: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition Publication date: 2018 Dimensions: 140 x 215 x 12 Cover type: Paperback / softback