Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Edith Somerville

Born: May 2, 1858
Died: October 8, 1949 (aged 91)
Bio: 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".
Known for:
- The Real Charlotte (1894)
- An Irish Cousin (1889)
- In Mr. Knox's country (1915)
- All on the Irish Shore (1903)
- BigHouse of Inver