The Education of the Heart: The Correspondence of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus and Maria Edgeworth - Hardcover
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In 1815 a young North Carolina schoolteacher who was Jewish wrote to the celebrated Maria Edgeworth to ask why British novelists wrote in such a prejudiced manner about Jews. Maria was so moved by the letter that she set to work on a novel to make amends, and <3>Harrington<1> was published in 1817. The literary exchange that resulted grew into a friendship that lasted until Rachel's death in 1838, and the families continued to correspond until 1942.
Originally published in 1977.
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Thanks to MacDonald and the simple, enduring warmth and intelligence of letters such as these, which give us intimate glimpses of people we had not known we wanted to know, we have ways to move into history on a first-class ticket." -- The New Republic
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In 1815 a young North Carolina schoolteacher who was Jewish wrote to the celebrated Maria Edgeworth to ask why British novelists wrote in such a prejudiced manner about Jews. Maria was so moved by the letter that she set to work on a novel to make amends, and <3>Harrington<1> was published in 1817. The literary exchange that resulted grew into a friendship that lasted until Rachel's death in 1838, and the families continued to correspond until 1942. Originally published in 1977. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1977
ISBN 10: 0807812765
ISBN 13: 9780807812761
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Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo in dust jacket, xxiv, 341 pp., index Edited by Edgar E. MacDonald. Inscription by the editor on the free front endpaper. Artikel-Nr. 30760