A review by ronanmcd
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

4.0

It's a classic, and a worthy enough one. While it lacks any definable plot it does examine a lost period in Irish history as the aristocracy faced the 19th century. There is uncertainty in hiberno-british relations, the old plantations cannot sustain the spending of their inheritors and the class structure is changing regardless. These are the stories of people who were neither truly Irish nor English.
It's a fascinating period.