Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist and children's writer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, regarded as one of the pioneers of the modern novel. Belinda is a witty, socially astute novel of manners that explores love, independence, and the education of a young woman in Regency-era England. Edgeworth's audiobooks and books are valued for their intelligence, charm, and their influence on later writers including Jane Austen.