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When Charlotte Mullen, a fortyish flinty Irish spinster, takes in her orphaned cousin, the beautiful nineteen-year-old Francie Fitzgerald who had been living in Dublin with poor relatives, life in a small Irish village is dramatically upended. As Charlotte plots to marry Francie to a local squire's son, events build to a shocking crescendo with dire effects. Original published in three volumes, this Warbler Classics edition is based on the combined 1895 publication and includes an afterword by Malcolm Jones and a biographical note.

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When Charlotte Mullen, a fortyish flinty Irish spinster, takes in her orphaned cousin, the beautiful nineteen-year-old Francie Fitzgerald who had been living in Dublin with poor relatives, life in a small Irish village is dramatically upended. As Charlotte plots to marry Francie to a local squire's son, events build to a shocking crescendo with dire effects. Original published in three volumes, this Warbler Classics edition is based on the combined 1895 publication and includes an afterword by Malcolm Jones and a biographical note.
Autorenporträt
Somerville and Ross (Edith Anna ¿. Somerville and Violet Florence Martin, writing under the name Martin Ross) were an Anglo-Irish writing team. They are most known for a series of three books depicting the (mis)adventures of an Irish Resident Magistrate-known collectively as The Irish R.M., which was made into a television series. Their novel The Real Charlotte is considered a masterpiece of Irish literature.