Edgeworth

[ ej-wurth ]

/ ˈɛdʒ wɜrθ /

Maria,1767–1849, English novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for edgeworth

Miss Edgeworth was shorter still, and carried herself very upright, with a dapper figure and quick movements.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 |Various
Belin'da, the heroine of Miss Edgeworth's novel of the same name.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
While she was writing her letter Mrs. Edgeworth opened the book again and noticed this chapter.

Maria Edgeworth |Helen Zimmern
At first there had been no definite thought of print in Mr, Edgeworth's mind.

De Libris: Prose and Verse |Austin Dobson

But Mrs. Mary Sneyd could not bear to leave Mrs. Edgeworth, and this place which she has made her heart's home.

Maria Edgeworth |Helen Zimmern

Edgeworth

/ (ˈɛdʒwɜːθ) /

Maria. 1767–1849, Anglo-Irish novelist: her works include Castle Rackrent (1800) and The Absentee (1812)