Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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