I've got another Irish nomination in place of
Crock of Gold.
A Drama in Muslin by George Moore (1852 - 1933*), who has been called the first great modern Irish novelist, is a satiric story of the marriage trade in Anglo-Irish society. From Goodreads:
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Set in Ireland in the 1880s against a backdrop of Land League troubles in Co. Mayo, and in Dublin, where the social life revolves around the Vice-Regal court in Dublin Castle, this depicts the efforts of a mother trying to catch socially suitable husbands for her daughters, and chronicles the results.
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*He shares a death day (not date) with George Orwell and Lytton Strachey.