Harrington, a Tale; and Ormond, a Tale

First publication date:  1817
Form of creative work:  novel
Original title:  Harrington, a Tale; and Ormond, a Tale
Original language:  English
Main subject:  antisemitism
Narrative location:  Ireland

Harrington is an 1817 novel by Anglo-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth. The novel was written in response to a letter from a Jewish-American reader who complained about Edgeworth's stereotypically anti-semitic portrayals of Jews in Castle Rackrent (1800), Belinda (1801), The Absentee (1812), and her Moral Tales (1801) for children. The novel is an autobiography of a "recovering anti-Semite", whose youthful prejudices are undone by contact with various Jewish characters, particularly a young woman. It draws parallels between the religious discrimination of the Jews and the Catholics in Ireland. Set between the passing of the Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753 and the Gordon Riots of 1780, the timeframe highlights these connections. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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