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Castle Rackrent

by Maria Edgeworth
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The Castle Rackrent estate is owned by four generations of Englishmen, each dissipated, cruel or improvident in some way. Their lives are chronicled by the estate's Irish steward, Thady Quirk. He is one of the first examples in literature of the unreliable narrator, and as the story progresses we see how the estate is kept from ruin by Quirk's son—to his own advantage and benefit.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781620123225
  • Release date: February 22, 2012

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1630
Text Difficulty:12

The Castle Rackrent estate is owned by four generations of Englishmen, each dissipated, cruel or improvident in some way. Their lives are chronicled by the estate's Irish steward, Thady Quirk. He is one of the first examples in literature of the unreliable narrator, and as the story progresses we see how the estate is kept from ruin by Quirk's son—to his own advantage and benefit.

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Classic Literature Fiction Historical Fiction