Works of Maria Edgeworth, Part II

'a heroic undertaking...Maria has found her voice again'- Hugh Parry, Thomas Lovell Beddoes Society Journal

• Part II Volume 2 Edited by Siobhan Kilfeather Introductory Note; Abbreviations; Belinda (1801); Endnotes; Textual Variants; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 Belinda is one of the finest, most complex of Edgeworth's works of fiction and probably the closest to those of her younger contemporary, Jane Austen. Austen singles it out in Northanger Abbey (c. 1803, pub. 1818) as one of the three best English novels. 'It is only...Belinda...only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of it's varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.' Volume 10 Edited by Elizabeth Eger and Cliona OGallchoir Selected short fiction Introductory Note; 'Preface', 'Lazy Lawrence', 'Waste Not, Want Not', 'Forgive and Forget', 'Simple Susan', 'The Mimic', 'The Orphans', 'The Basket Woman', 'The White Pigeon', The Parent's Assistant (1800); 'Forester', 'Angelina', Moral Tales for Young People (1801); Endnotes; Textual Variants These are Edgeworth's non pedagogical tales for children. They are pioneering evocations of the world of the child, as seen thought the eyes of children themselves. Volume 11 Edited by Susan Manly Introductory note; Acknowledgments and Dedication; Practical Education (1798); Index; Endnotes; Textual Variants; Plates Practical Education is co-authored by Maria's father Richard Lovell Edgeworth. The Edgeworth's educational method was worked out within a large family, not by R L Edgeworth alone but by a team including three of his four wives and several of his older children, headed by Maria. Its careful testing and recording of lessons makes it both a teaching manual and a pioneering classic of modern pedagogy, and it won an immediate reputation on the continent as well as in Britain. Volume 12 Edited by Elizabeth Eger, Cliona OGallchoir and Marilyn Butler Introductory Note; 'Lame Jervas', 'The Grateful Negro', Popular Tales (1804); 'Harry and Lucy', 'Rosamond', 'Frank', 'The Little Dog Trusty', 'The Orange Man', 'The Cherry Orchard', Early Lessons (1801); Endnotes; Textual Variants; Manuscript Material Introductory Note; Whim for Whim (1798); Endnotes; List of Errata; Index In addition to writing much of Practical Education herself, Maria Edgeworth's main literary contribution to the family's educational project are her fresh, often surprisingly up-to-date 'Lessons' on all subjects, published in 1801 under the collective title Early Lessons.