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Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces Vol 1
Author: M. EDGEWORTHTales, and Miscellaneous Pieces
Author: Maria EdgeworthTales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Maria EdgeworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331223719
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Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Excerpt from Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Vol. 1 The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but if we consider it in a proper point of view this taste is an incontestable proof of the good sense and profoundly philosophic temper of the present times. Of the numbers who study or at least who read history, how few derive any advantage from their labours! The heroes of history are so decked out by the fine fancy of the professed historian; they talk in such measured prose, and act from such sublime or such diabolical motives, that few have sufficient taste, wickedness, or heroism, to sympathize in their fate. Besides, there is much uncertainty even in the best authenticated ancient or modern histories; and that love of truth, which in some minds is innate and immutable, necessarily leads to a love of secret memoirs, and private anecdotes. We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy, from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Miscellaneous Pieces Volume 1 of 2 (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)
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ISBN: 1427062528
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Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces
Author: M. EDGEWORTHTales and Miscellaneous Pieces
Author: M. EDGEWORTHTales and Miscellaneous Pieces Vol 2
Author: M. EDGEWORTHTales, and Miscellaneous Pieces. By Maria Edgeworth. In Fourteen Volumes. Vol. I. [-XIV.].
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Author: Maria EdgeworthThe Works of Maria Edgeworth, Part I Vol 1
Author: Marilyn ButlerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000743020
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 3276
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This book is a collection of novels Castle Rackrent, Irish Bulls, and Ennui by Maria Edgeworth that will be of much use to scholars, students and general readers interested in family fiction. Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe.[2] She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo.
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