Patronage provides a fascinating glimpse into the society of the time, from the aristocracy and ballrooms of London to the life of a young doctor or lawyer on the make. The story centers on two families, the Percies, who work hard and are all sickeningly prudent and virtuous, and the Falconers, who live by scheming. Maria Edgeworth focuses in this novel on the various types of patronage and the many forms it takes in all strata of English society through her ingenious use of variations in characterizations and a well diversified plot. Much like her contemporary, Jane Austen, Edgeworth had a gift for conveying social conventions through brilliant dialogue and acute moral observations.
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Maria Edgeworth. Patronage
Patronage
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
LETTER FROM ERASMUS TO HIS FATHER
LETTER FROM ERASMUS PERCY TO HIS FATHER
LETTER FROM ALFRED
CHAPTER VII
LETTER FROM GODFREY PERCY TO MRS. PERCY
CHAPTER VIII
LETTER FROM GODFREY PERCY TO HIS FATHER
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
LETTER FROM ALFRED PERCY TO HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
LETTER FROM DR. PERCY TO HIS SISTER ROSAMOND
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. PERCY TO ERASMUS PERCY
LETTER FROM ALFRED PERCY TO ROSAMOND
LETTER FROM ALFRED TO ERASMUS
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
LETTER FROM CAROLINE TO ERASMUS
CHAPTER XXII
LETTER FROM ALFRED
CHAPTER XXIII
LETTER FROM ALFRED TO CAROLINE
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
LETTER FROM ALFRED TO HIS FATHER
CHAPTER XXXII
LETTER FROM MRS. HUNGERFORD TO MISS CAROLINE PERCY
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
“MY DEAR CHILD,
“M. ELIZABETH HUNGERFORD.”
“J. GRANVILLE
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
“GODFREY PERCY.”
“MY DEAR FRIENDS,
“T. FALCONER
CHAPTER XLIV
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Maria Edgeworth
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“I understand your smile, mother,” said Rosamond; “but the reason I appear a little to contradict myself sometimes in my judgment of character is, because I speak my thoughts just as they rise in my mind, while persons who have a character for judgment to support always keep the changes of their opinion snug to themselves, never showing the items of the account on either side, and let you see nothing but their balance.—This is very grand, and, if their balance be right, very glorious.—But ignominious as my mode of proceeding may seem, exposing me to the rebukes, derision, uplifted hands and eyes of my auditors, yet exactly because I am checked at every little mistake I make in my accounts, the chance is in my favour that my totals should at last be right, and my balance perfectly accurate.”
“Very true, my dear: as long as you choose for your auditors only your friends, you are wise; but you sometimes lay your accounts open to strangers; and as they see only your errors, without ever coming to your conclusion, they form no favourable opinion of your accuracy.”
