¿Qué te queda por desear cuando ya lo tienes todo?El conde de Glenthorn fallece dejando a su heredero su título y una enorme fortuna. El joven conde se entrega sin medida a las diversiones y vicios de moda pero, incluso mientras disfruta de todos ellos, se siente permanentemente insatisfecho sin saber por qué. Es víctima del ennui, un hastío que sobreviene a quien lo tiene todo.Sin embargo, la visita de la nodriza irlandesa que lo crio hace que Glenthorn emprenda un viaje a las antiguas tierras de su familia en Irlanda, donde encontrará los mejores antídotos contra su enfermedad: el amor, las aventuras y el trabajo.Maria Edgeworth es la principal novelista inglesa de finales del siglo XVIII y comienzos del XIX . Entre sus admiradores se contaban Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Stendhal, Iván Turguénev, Anthony Trollope o Walter Scott."He decidido leer únicamente mis obras y las de Maria Edgeworth." Jane Austen"Las novelas de Maria Edgeworth han sido una revelación para mí. Me gustaría, aunque fuera a mi modesta manera, ser capaz de emular los maravillosos retratos irlandeses que hace la señorita Edgeworth" Iván Turguénev" Ennui me tiene encantada." Madame de Staël"La contribución más innovadora, valiente e influyente de una escritora inglesa antes de Charlotte Brontë y George Eliot." Marilyn Butler" Ennui es una obra perfecta, a la altura de los mejores textos de Voltaire." The Edinburgh Review
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