This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a judicious selection of appendices, including correspondence between Edgeworth and Rachel Mordecai Lazarus, excerpts from John Toland’s Letters to Serena and Reasons for Naturalizing the Jews, an excerpt from Isaac D’Israeli’s article on Moses Mendelssohn, and contemporary reviews of the novel.
Susan Manly is a Lecturer in the School of English, University of St. Andrews. She is the editor of Maria Edgeworth’s Harrington and Practical Education, and the co-editor of her novels Helen and Leonora (Pickering and Chatto).