Castle Rackrent ;, The absentee
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Castle Rackrent ;, The absentee
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Castle Rackrent ;
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Everyman's library, 410
Sub title
The absentee
Summary
The novel is set prior to the Constitution of 1782 and tells the story of four generations of Rackrent heirs through their steward, Thady Quirk. The heirs are: the dissipated spendthrift Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin, the litigious Sir Murtagh Rackrent, the cruel husband and gambling absentee Sir Kit Stopgap, and the generous but improvident Sir Condy Rackrent. Their sequential mismanagement of the estate is resolved through the machinations - and to the benefit - of the narrator's astute son, Jason Quirk
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Absentee
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