Ormond;

Maria Edgeworth was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer who was a major influence in the development of the novel in Europe. Edgeworth was a prolific author who held advanced views on topics most women of her time were not involved in. Edgeworth and Jane Austen were considered to be the greatest female authors of the early 19th century. Ormond, published in 1817, is a novel that is set in Ireland and France that tells the story of a young man who rises from poverty.