Castle Rackrent | Castle Rackrent

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Author: Maria Edgeworth
First Published: 1800
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Regional
Time of Work: Eighteenth century
Setting: Ireland
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Regional fiction, Satire
Subjects: Tradition, Social issues, Class consciousness, Oppression, Eighteenth century, Upper classes, Duty, Inheritance or succession, Loyalty, Castles, Landlords or tenants, Servants, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Ireland or Irish people, Satire, Nobility
Locales: Ireland

Characters Discussed

Thady Quirk, known as Honest Thady, Old Thady, and finally Poor Thady, the narrator of the story and a lifelong attendant to a procession of masters of Rackrent Castle in Ireland. Loyal and steadfast, he embodies all the qualities of the true Irish servant. Clothed in his heavy great cloak, he observes the world as he experiences it in terms of the differing characters of his several masters.

Sir Patrick Rackrent, a lusty, generous landowner whose original family name was O’Shaughlin. He is convivial to a fault and friendly to all, and he dies...

Castle Rackrent | Castle Rackrent

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