A review by bookishwendy
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

2.0

Interesting as a historical document, but choppy and hard to get into from a reader's perspective. This "satirical" history of the fictional Rackrent estate, as related by an aged family servant, has its moments but left me feeling drained, like I'd just spent hours listening to a shaggy dog joke. My favorite part was the glossary, which either pokes fun at the Irish, or pokes fun at the English poking fun at the Irish--I'm not sure, but the humor came through for me here in a way it didn't in the actual narrative.