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The Selected Letters Of Somerville and Ross
E.oe. Somerville
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Hardcover. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
Edith Somerville and Violet Martin came from impoverished but resourceful Anglo-Irish landlord families. From 1886-1915 they collaborated on numerous novels and short stories, often illustrated by Edith, and published under the names of Somerville and Ross. In the 20 years up to 1906, when they started to live together, they exchanged hundreds of letters. Thereafter, although the correspondence was more sporadic, it is supplemented here with extracts from their diaries and with letters to Edith's sister, Hildegarde. They are full of lively and close observation and often record aspects of Irish life previously unremarked by male writers. Their portrait of ... Read more
Edith Somerville and Violet Martin came from impoverished but resourceful Anglo-Irish landlord families. From 1886-1915 they collaborated on numerous novels and short stories, often illustrated by Edith, and published under the names of Somerville and Ross. In the 20 years up to 1906, when they started to live together, they exchanged hundreds of letters. Thereafter, although the correspondence was more sporadic, it is supplemented here with extracts from their diaries and with letters to Edith's sister, Hildegarde. They are full of lively and close observation and often record aspects of Irish life previously unremarked by male writers. Their portrait of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571153480
SKU
KSS0005173
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99-1
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