Edith Somerville
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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.
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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 dialogue that some have claimed to be second only to James Joyce's, Somerville and Ross portrayed the lives of the people of the west of Ireland at...
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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.
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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.