Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe.The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that show the best of this author's work:
— The Grateful Negro — The Prussian Vase — The Good Aunt — The Good French Governess — The Orphans — The False Key — Tarlton
