Research Catalog

Title

The selected letters of Somerville and Ross / edited by Gifford Lewis ; foreword by Molly Keane.

Author

Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949

Publication

London ; Boston : Faber, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ross, Martin, 1862-1915
• Lewis, Gifford, 1945-

Description

xxxiii, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., geneal. tables; 24 cm.

Summary

Edith Somerville (1858-1949) and Violet Martin (1862-1915) were members of impoverished but resourceful Anglo-Irish landlord families. From 1886 until Violet Martin's death they collaborated on numerous novels and short stories, often illustrated by Edith, and published under the names of Somerville and Ross. Their portrait of Ireland -- during a momentous thirty-year period up to 1915 -- is remarkably vivid and comprehensive. The letters chronicle the last days of the big house and chart the course of a unique collaboration between two highly gifted and unusual women. -- Provided by publisher.

Uniform Title

Correspondence. Selections

Alternative Title

Correspondence.

Subjects

• Biographies
• Personal correspondence
• Ireland > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Ireland > Social life and customs > 20th century
• 1800-1999
• Ross, Martin, 1862-1915 > Correspondence
• Somerville, E. Œ (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 > Correspondence
• Authors, English > Biography

Genre/Form

• Personal correspondence
• Biographies

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0571153488

LCCN

^^^90105417^

OCLC

• 30158812
• SCSB-11721316

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library