The Real Charlotte by Somerville & Ross - ISBN: 9781529427882
Paperback
Irish spinster’s greed sparks rivalry, desire, and dark consequences.

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  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2025

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Summary

‘The novel’s dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading’ - Claire Connolly

In 1894, the London evening newspaper the St James’s Gazette announced ‘a real acquisition’, a new novel from the publishers Ward and Downey. The Real Charlotte was the first collaborative success of many for Somerville and Ross, two Irish women who were second cousins, receive…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529427882
ISBN-10:1529427886
Author:Somerville & Ross, Claire Connolly
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:riverrun
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:25 February 2025
Weight:380g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 44mm
Series:riverrun editions
About The Author

Somerville & Ross

Edith Somerville (1858 - 1949) and Martin Ross (the pseudonym of Violet Martin, 1862 - 1915) were Irish authors and second cousins. Their most famous stories are available in Experiences of an Irish R. M.

Claire Connolly is Professor of Modern English at University College Cork. She has written and edited many books and essays on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Irish culture.

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