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  • Maria Edgeworth born (1768)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 1 13:07:53 2024
    She was the author of the first novel written in a regional variety of
    English:
    Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale Taken from the Facts and and from the Manners of the Irish Squires before the Year 1782. (published 1800)

    Edgeworth was born in England, but spent most of her life in Ireland,
    helping to manage her father's estate.

    Much more at:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rackrent

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  • From Antonio Marques@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Tue Jan 2 00:28:38 2024
    Ross Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
    She was the author of the first novel written in a regional variety of English:
    Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale Taken from the Facts and and from the Manners of the Irish Squires before the Year 1782. (published 1800)

    Edgeworth was born in England, but spent most of her life in Ireland,
    helping to manage her father's estate.

    Much more at:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rackrent


    One of the first books I ever read in english was a combo Castle Rackrent +
    The Absentee. I liked it a lot, but must admit I don’t recall the regional variety thing.

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  • From Athel Cornish-Bowden@21:1/5 to Ross Clark on Tue Jan 2 08:04:57 2024
    On 2024-01-01 00:07:53 +0000, Ross Clark said:

    She was the author of the first novel written in a regional variety of English:
    Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale Taken from the Facts and and from
    the Manners of the Irish Squires before the Year 1782. (published 1800)

    Edgeworth was born in England, but spent most of her life in Ireland,
    helping to manage her father's estate.

    Much more at:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rackrent

    She was a cousin, if I read Wikipedia correctly, of Francis Ysidro
    Edgeworth, one of the most distinguished contributors to the early
    theory of statistics.


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  • From Aidan Kehoe@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 2 10:28:52 2024
    Ar an dara lá de mí Eanair, scríobh Antonio Marques:

    Ross Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
    She was the author of the first novel written in a regional variety of English:
    Castle Rackrent: An Hibernian Tale Taken from the Facts and and from the Manners of the Irish Squires before the Year 1782. (published 1800)

    Edgeworth was born in England, but spent most of her life in Ireland, helping to manage her father's estate.

    Much more at:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Edgeworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rackrent


    One of the first books I ever read in english was a combo Castle Rackrent + The Absentee. I liked it a lot, but must admit I don’t recall the regional variety thing.

    I read her as a teenager (in Ireland), and similarly I don’t recall that aspect
    of it. I have found previously that I may not notice if a regional accent (in speech) is close to my own, something similar may be at the root of it for me, but presumably not for you!

    --
    ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
    (C. Moore)

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