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24 MARIA EDGEWORTH.
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manuscripts were heard by him , and criticised as she went along-The first set of ' _Fashionable 2 alescame out in 1809 . They were
' written with great spirit , and shewed accurate knowledge of the varieties of human character , the oddities of which were quickly
apparent to her keen perception , but never pointed out satirically ; her wit was free from sarcasm or bitterness . The second set of
these tales , which followed in 1812 , fully kept up to the character of the first , and none of her works have continued to hold a higher
place in popular estimation . Towards the end of 1812 , Mr . and Mrs . Edgeworth , with Maria ,
"went to visit some of their English friends , and spent the spring of the following year in London , where their society was highly
appreciated . During the ' season / they became acquainted with Sir Samuel Romilly , Sir James Mclntosh , and other literary and political
_lig-hts of the period , together with many persons of high rank . These remained ever after , fast friends ; and assisted , by their
interest , in furthering her brothers as they entered into life , one of the highest objects of her generous and disinterested mind .
Amongst the intellectual stars to whom they were introduced , was Lord Byron , then in the zenith of fame and fashion . To this meeting
he alludes subsequently , in a letter highly characteristic of the writer . "I have been reading the life , by himself and daughter , of Mr . R ,. L .
I Ed n geworth 1813 I , recollect the father to of have the Miss met Ed them geworth in the ; it fashionable is altogether world , a great of London name .-of ( of a which million , I then the formed nothing an of item a something , a fraction *!) , the in the segment assemblies of a circle of the , the hour unit
, ; nonce and at . a Z breakfast had been of the Sir lion H . of and 1812 Lady Miss Davy E . ' s and , to which Madame I was de Stael invited ( with for the the ye * Cossack ar . * ' * towards * * * the Every end bod of y 1813 cared ) , were more the about exhibitions her : she of was the a succeeding nice little
handsome _imassuming , certainl * Jeannie y not Deans ill-looking -looking ; her body conversation , ' ( as we Scotch was as say quiet , ) and as herself if not , turn one would from them never to have their guessed works , I she admire could them write , but her name they . excite ***** no feeling _^ ,
impression and leave no of love intellect , except , and for prudence some Irish is profound steward or , and postillion may be . useful However . " , the In 1814 appeared ' Early Lessons' and a larger though not
, more useful work , about which we must add a few introductory lines . Many years previously , to beguile the weary hours of illness
to Mrs . Elizabeth Edgeworth , her husband used every evening to improvise portions of a tale called ' The History of the Freeman '
Family . ' His young people who always assembled in his room to hear itdeclaring that it was a pity it should be lost . Maria noted
, it from memory , and from the plan , slightly altered , formed the groundwork of ' Patronage ] which was published in 1814 . The
character of Lord Oldborough only , ( perhaps the finest ever drawn by her pen ) being an addition of her own . " This work , " says an acute
, reviewer lause " I t ives never evidence so fortun of as much its talent predecessors as in that gaining went
app . g . any
24 Maria Edgeworth.
24 MARIA EDGEWORTH .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/24/
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