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Martin Ross
1862–1915
Known to readers as Martin Ross, this Irish writer is best remembered for her long creative partnership with Edith Somerville and for sharp, lively stories about Irish life. Their work mixed comedy, social observation, and memorable characters, and it still finds new readers today.
14 Audiobooks
All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
The Real Charlotte
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
In Mr. Knox's Country
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
An Irish Cousin; vol. 2/2
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
In the vine country
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
Irish Memories
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
Mount Music
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
An Irish Cousin; vol. 1/2
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
Beggars on Horseback; A riding tour in North Wales
by Martin Ross, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
Through Connemara in a governess cart
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
Further Experiences of an Irish R.M.
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
The Silver Fox
by Martin Ross, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
Some Irish Yesterdays
by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville, Martin Ross
About the author
Born Violet Florence Martin in County Galway in 1862, she wrote under the pen name Martin Ross. She is closely linked with her cousin Edith Somerville, with whom she formed the celebrated writing partnership Somerville and Ross.
Together they produced novels and stories that drew on Anglo-Irish society with wit and sympathy. Among their best-known work is The Real Charlotte, and they became especially famous for the Irish R.M. stories, which brought a comic touch to life in rural Ireland.
Martin died in 1915, but the partnership remained central to her legacy. Her books are still valued for their humor, strong sense of place, and vivid picture of a changing Ireland.