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Somerville and Ross.
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In the following positive review of Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., the critic states that the stories are a genuine depiction of Irish life.
The dozen rollicking but not overdrawn sketches of rura...
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In the below essay, Cronin places the work of Somerville and Ross within its historical context.
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Edith Somerville first saw her cousin, Violet Martin, on 17th January, 1886. “It was”, ...
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In the below essay, Orel challenges and thereby revises the notion that Somerville and Ross, in their short fiction, represented the viewpoint of the Ascendancy class to which they themselves belonged...
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In the following essay, Cahalan offers a discussion of the ways in which the R.M. stories are written from a specifically woman's point of view, and stresses the various ways in which the figur...
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In the following review of Further Experiences of an Irish R. M., the critic, lamenting the tedious and dreary nature of most fiction, welcomes the work as comic literature.
In these days, when fictio...
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In the following excerpt, Graves praises the partnership of Somerville and Ross.
The literary partnership of Miss Edith Somerville and Miss Violet Martin—the most brilliantly successful example...
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In the following excerpt, Hinkson is impressed by the portrayal of Irish life by Somerville and Ross in In Mr. Knox's Country.
We are informed by the gifted authors of In Mr. Knox's Coun...
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In the following essay, Williams discusses the work of Somerville and Ross as comic literature and predicts that their works will become classics.
The evanescence of laughter is most pathetic. Its bub...
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In the following excerpt, Cummins provides a detailed account of the collaboration of Somerville and Ross.
‘Le style c'est l'homme même.’ The style is the man himsel...
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In the following essay, Cummins examines the later collaboration of Somerville and Ross.
It is significant that the ‘Two Irish Cousins’ did not frequent literary circles in Dublin or Lon...
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In the following essays, Cronin chronicles the literary partnership of Somerville and Ross and surveys the short fiction in In Mr. Knox's Country.
In the summer of 1898 Edith and Martin went on...
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In the following essay, Hall presents an overview of the social, political, and economic processes that formed the background for Somerville and Ross's writing.
Somerville and Ross frequently p...
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Critical Review by The Dial
