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The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth

The Absentee

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Maria Edgeworth

Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · January 3, 2013

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.

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Who it’s for
A coming-of-age story where social ambition meets debt, ridicule, and affection.
Genres
19th-Century English Fiction, Coming-of-Age, The Classics
Published
Start Publishing LLC, January 3, 2013

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About this book

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. Colambre falls in love with his mother's companion, his supposed cousin, Grace Nugent.

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A coming-of-age story where social ambition meets debt, ridicule, and affection.

Come here for

  • The awkward comedy of trying to buy a place in society
  • A young man's changing loyalties and affections

Expect

  • Nineteenth-century class tensions
  • A serious thread of family debt beneath the social comedy

Where it sits

19th-Century English Fiction52%
The Classics49%
Coming-of-Age40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
Authors
Maria Edgeworth
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
January 3, 2013
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
The Classics