Edgeworth, Maria 1768-1849 creator Ritchie, Anne Thackeray 1837-1919 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Castle Rackrent" by Maria Edgeworth is a short novel published in 1800. Through the eyes of family steward Thady Quirk, the story chronicles four generations of Rackrent heirs who sequentially mismanage their Irish estate through gambling, litigation, cruelty, and improvidence. Widely regarded as groundbreaking, this satirical work is considered the first historical novel, the first regional novel in English, and the first to feature an unreliable narrator. It inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley series and earned praise from William Butler Yeats as "one of the most inspired chronicles written in English." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rackrent Release date is 2006-02-19 An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Original publication data not identified Domestic fiction Landlord and tenant -- Fiction Poor families -- Fiction Pastoral fiction Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Ireland -- Fiction Landowners -- Fiction Rich people -- Fiction Rural conditions -- Fiction Administration of estates -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1424 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1424 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133044.0 1424