How does Edgeworth convey the Irish and notions of Irishness to the English reader?

Discuss Thady’s <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/style/">style</a> of narration. What <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/narrative/">narrative</a> techniques does he employ to tell the Rackrents’ story?

What is the role of women in the Rackrent family’s decline?

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Preface-“An Hibernian Tale”

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“History of Sir Conolly Rackrent”

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