The Absentee is a novel by Maria Edgeworth, published in 1812 in Tales of Fashionable Life, that expresses the systemic evils of the absentee landlord class of Anglo-Irish and the desperate condition of the Irish peasantry. There are many turns of plot and much information about Ireland as well as Irish dialect and details of shallow London fashionable life, and the egregious results of the propertied classes treating their Irish lands as a resource to be exploited rather than as a relationship among classes and with the land. In this respect, it addresses similar themes to her first novel, Castle Rackrent. Plot summary Just before coming of age, Lord Colambre, the sensitive hero of the novel, finds that his mother Lady Clonbrony's attempts to buy her way into the high society of London are only ridiculed, while his father, Lord Clonbrony, is in serious debt as a result of his wife's lifestyle. His mother wishes him to marry an heiress, Miss Broadhurst, who is a friend of Grace Nugent. However, Col
The Absentee es una novela de Maria Edgeworth, publicada en 1812 en Tales of Fashionable Life, que expresa los males sistémicos de la clase propietaria ausente de los anglo-irlandeses y la desesperada condición de la campesina irlandesa. Hay muchas vueltas de trama y mucha información sobre Irlanda, así como el dialecto irlandés y los detalles de la vida de moda de Londres escasa, y los frágiles resultados de las clases propiedad tratando sus tierras irlandesas como un recurso para ser explotado en lugar de como una relación entre clases y con la tierra. En este sentido, aborda temas similares a su primera novela, Castle Rackrent. Resumen de la trama Justo antes de la llegada de la edad, Lord Colambre, el heroe sensible de la novela, descubre que sus intentos de su madre Lady Clonbrony de comprar su camino a la alta sociedad de Londres son sólo ridiculizados, mientras que su padre, Lord Clonbrony, está en deuda seria como resultado de su estilo de vida.