ABSTRACT
Formal collaboration between Edgeworth and her father occurred on only two books, most notably Practical Education, which espouses many ideas on education taken from Rousseau, but her father's hand is noticeable in almost all her work. Not only did he urge her to write moralistic and didactic stories, but he edited her manuscripts, deleting and inserting, rearranging and rewriting to his own taste. Most critics agree that his presence within Edgeworth's work is more of a hindrance than a help. Yet some maintain that the dichotomy of highly imaginative fiction with extreme pragmatism creates an interesting puzzle.
