AN ENTHUSIAST

by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross

A classic tale of Ireland from the authors of "The Irish R.M." "A zealot and an enthusiast, his eyes told her that; and a reformer." Unfortunately for Dan Palliser's farming neighbors and tenants there were quite a few matters that the young master of the Monalour estate had come to regard with earnest enthusiasm. The improvements to be made to the estate for instance, or the new farming methods that would put an end to the way they'd always done things in that corner of Ireland. There was the steam tractor he'd invested in, as temperamental as any Sinn Feiner- and speaking of which, there was the whiskey-flamed hurly-burly of local politics s well. And through it all there was Car, the young Lady Ducarrig, his loveliest tenant and his only sympathizer... "An Enthusiast", considered to be Somerville and Ross' best novel, is by turns a humorous, sympathetic, wry and sometimes chilling story of Ireland and the Irish in the 1920's, and in particular a compassionate portrait of a young man with a conviction.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1921

About the author

Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (1858 - 1949) was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin Violet Martin aka "Martin Ross" under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Her 'Irish RM' books were made into a TV series in 1983



See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_S...

Reviews

[john greenhalgh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful tale, so ably told, rich prose, full of local colour