The Real Charlotte is a novel by the Anglo-Irish writing partnership Somerville and Ross, composed of Edith Somerville (1858–1949) and Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915).
First edition in three volumes
Edition notice from a 1915 edition, with a dual monograms of E.Œ.S. and M.R.
Photograph of Edith Somerville (left) and Violet Florence Martin (right)
Edith Anna Œnone Somerville was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels, the most popular of which were The Real Charlotte, published in 1894, and Some Experiences of an Irish R. M., published in 1899.
Somerville atop her horse Tarbush
An illustration by Somerville in All on the Irish Shore