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Maria Edgeworth, born on January 1, 1768, and died on May 22, 1849, was an outstanding Irish novelist. Her works are known for their delicate psychological portrayals and profound insights into social issues, which had a profound impact on 19th-century British literature.

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“Alarmed successively by every fashionable medical terror of the day, she dosed her children with every specific which was publicly advertised or privately recommended...The consequence was, that the dangers, which had at first been imaginary, became real: these little victims of domestic medicine never had a day's health: they looked, and were, more dead than alive.”

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“sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children.”

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Book:Works

Source: Works

“Those who have lived in a house with spoiled children must have a lively recollection of the degree of torment they can inflict upon all who are within sight or hearing.”

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Book:Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823

Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823

About the Author

Born: January 1, 1768
Died: May 22, 1849
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 89

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The Life and Letters of Maria EdgeworthRelated source material

Works of Maria Edgeworth: Popular tales. 1823Related source material

Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825Related source material

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Harrington. Thoughts on bores. OrmondRelated source material

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Works of Maria Edgeworth: Harrington. Ormond. 1825Related source material

Almeria; a Tale of fashionable lifeRelated source material

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