{"product_id":"9781529427882-the-real-charlotte","title":"The Real Charlotte","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 19th century classic Irish novels for readers of James Joyce and Elizabeth Bowen. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly from her preface to \u003ci\u003eThe Real Charlotte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1894, the London evening newspaper the St James's Gazette announced 'a real acquisition', a new novel from the publishers Ward and Downey. \u003ci\u003eThe Real Charlotte \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first collaborative success of many for Somerville and Ross, two Irish women who were second cousins, received as a fresh, original, and funny treatment of Irish life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt tells the story of clever, greedy Charlotte Mullen, an Irish spinster, who takes in the beautiful Francie Fitzgerald.\u003cbr\u003eBut soon after there are crossed lines of desire, money and land, and the two women quickly become rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41695794954337,"sku":"9781529427882","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29940110.jpg?v=1725869135","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529427882-the-real-charlotte","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}