Lecture: Works of Maria Edgeworth who mentored Jane Austen

COST: FREE
Come and join us at the wonderful National Library of Ireland for a lecture on the life and works of Maria Edgeworth, one of the most fascinating Irish women, who was a friend of Jane Austen.

‘I have made up my mind to like no novels really but Miss Edgeworth’s, yours and my own.'
The quote above is from a letter that Jane Austen wrote to her niece Anna on the 28th of September, 1814.
Maria Edgeworth was at the very top of Jane Austen’s reading list. Maria was equally a fan of Jane’s novels. But even as Jane was publishing anonymously, Maria was enjoying the respect and renown of being one of Britain’s leading authors.
Today the tables are turned. Everyone has heard of Austen while Edgeworth has slipped into obscurity. In this talk, Rachel and Andrew Knowles explore the Austen-Edgeworth connection as they tell the story of Maria, who spent much of her life in Edgeworthstown, County Longford.

DETAILS:

12:40: Meet in Main Hall of National Library of Ireland

12:45: Take our seats in the Lecture Theatre

After the lecture ends we will go to Buswells Hotel for teas/coffees or drinks