Castle Rackrent

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CASTLE RACKRENT

by Maria Edgeworth

With an Introduction by Anne Thackeray Ritchie

[Note: The body of this novel contains a lot of footnotes and many references to the Glossary at the end. The footnotes (which are sometimes quite long) have been inserted in square brackets near to the point where they were referred to by suffix in the original text. The entries in the Glossary have been numbered, instead of being listed with a page number as they were in the printed book; they are also referenced with a note in square brackets near the point where there was a suffix in the original. Italics have been replaced by capitals. The pound sterling symbol has been replaced by 'L'. This text and the Introduction were taken from an edition published by Macmillan and Co. in 1895.]

Contents

INTRODUCTION NOTES ON 'CASTLE RACKRENT' AUTHOR'S PREFACE CASTLE RACKRENT MONDAY MORNING CONTINUATION OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE RACKRENT FAMILY HISTORY OF SIR CONOLLY RACKRENT GLOSSARY GLOSSARY 1. MONDAY MORNING— GLOSSARY 2. LET ALONE THE THREE KINGDOMS ITSELF. GLOSSARY 3. WHILLALUH. GLOSSARY 4. THE TENANTS WERE SENT AWAY WITHOUT THEIR WHISKY. GLOSSARY 5. HE DEMEANED HIMSELF GREATLY— GLOSSARY 6. DUTY FOWLS, DUTY TURKEYS, AND DUTY GEESE.— GLOSSARY 7. ENGLISH TENANTS.— GLOSSARY 8. CANTING— GLOSSARY 9. DUTY WORK.— GLOSSARY 10. OUT OF FORTY-NINE SUITS HE NEVER LOST ONE BUT SEVENTEEN. GLOSSARY 11. FAIRY MOUNTS GLOSSARY 12. WEED ASHES. GLOSSARY 13. SEALING MONEY. GLOSSARY 14. SIR MURTAGH GREW MAD GLOSSARY 15. THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAS OUT ON THE STAIRS GLOSSARY 16. FINING DOWN THE YEAR'S RENT. GLOSSARY 17. DRIVER. GLOSSARY 18. I THOUGHT TO MAKE HIM A PRIEST. GLOSSARY 19. FLAM. GLOSSARY 20. BARRACK-ROOM. GLOSSARY 21. AN INNOCENT GLOSSARY 22. THE CURRAGH GLOSSARY 23. THE CANT GLOSSARY 24. AND SO SHOULD CUT HIM OFF FOR EVER BY LEVYING A FINE, GLOSSARY 25. A RAKING POT OF TEA. GLOSSARY 26. WE GAINED THE DAY BY THIS PIECE OF HONESTY. GLOSSARY 27.