Edith Somerville: 10 books

The first book by the Irish writing duo of Somerville and Ross, An Irish Cousin was initially intended as a sensational, Gothic novel, but underwent a transformation after Edith visited an aunt and was struck by the impoverishment of her once-landed gentry relative. The decline in the class of Irish who owned land became the theme of the novel.

Digital reproduction of the novel The Silver Fox (1897) by Martin Ross and Edith OE. Somerville.

This novel, according to Somerville, "concerns the history of one of those minor dynasties that, in Ireland, have risen, and rules, and rioted, and crashed in ruins." "Somerville and Ross know their world as well as Jane Austen knew hers."—John Bayley.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Of all the collections of sketches and stories for which nineteenth-century fiction is famous, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. remains foremost for its combined anthropological and comic value. With an ear for native...

Of all the collections of sketches and stories for which nineteenth-century fiction is famous, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. remains foremost for its combined anthropological and comic value. With an ear for native dialogue that some have claimed to be second only to James Joyce's, Somerville and...

In this dark work, perhaps the finest Irish novel of the nineteenth century, two mismatched cousins fight it out over love and fortune. Love comes easily to beautiful Francie. She weds the man loved by the ungainly, practical Charlotte—who then sets out to ruin her cousin’s marriage.

The third and final volume of the popular R. M. stories, this light-hearted and comic novel faithfully captures life in the Irish countryside, focusing on the clash that occurs between the “Resident Magistrate,” Anglo-Irishman Major Yeates, and the customs of various eccentric Irish villagers.

A masterpiece of Irish literature of the Victorian Age, The Real Charlotte draws characters from the worlds of Anglo-Irish aristocracy and the native Irish peasantry. “Delightful.”—The Guardian.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leaves the army to take up a position of Resident Magistrate...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. This book was planned some years ago by Martin Ross and myself. A few portions of it were written, and it was then put aside for other work.