The Real Charlotte Book Review (Spoiler Free) @lisainbookland

Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

Here is my spoiler-free full book review of an Irish Victorian classic, The Real Charlotte by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross (1894). Let me know if you've read this book and if you've any thoughts on it!

OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED:
- Some Experiences of an Irish RM by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin Ross
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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The Real Charlotte Book Review (Spoiler Free)

July 2022 Reading Wrap Up #janeaustenjuly

$Solo Reading Retreat in Connemara Reading Vlog #irishreadathon In March I took a short staycation/solo reading retreat in Renvyle in Connemara, where I read, went for beach walks, drank lots of tea (and some stronger things!), and did some book shopping as well - so here is a reading vlog. Let me know if you have thoughts on anything I mention! The Irish Readathon is hosted by Aoife @wordsofclover (announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v O7tMLZ3VRE&t=332s) and Leanne @LeanneRose (announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49GVmCOaME) BOOKS READ: - Snow by John Banville - The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories edited by William Trevor. The story I mention is The Weavers Grave by Seamus OKelly - Uncle Silas by J Sheridan le Fanu - My Fathers House by Joseph OConnor - The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small - my individual book review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE4l_IeqEAM&t=343s - The Gathering by Anne Enright (DNF) OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED: - Christine Falls is the first book of the Quirke series by Benjamin Black - The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black - review in my wrap-up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHdqWEggiw&t=181s - A History of Loneliness by John Banville - Dark Fire and Sovereign are the second and third books of the Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom - Trespasses by Louise Kennedy - Old Gods Time by Sebastian Barry - A Long, Long Way by Sebastian Barry - The Colony by Audrey Magee - The Untouchable by John Banville - The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth - Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth - The Great Leviathan: The Life of Howe Peter Browne, Marquess of Sligo 1788-1845 by Anne Chambers - Patient Endurance: The Great Famine in Connemara by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill - Bleak House by Charles Dickens - The Tempest by William Shakespeare - The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe VIDEOS MENTIONED: - My Irish Readathon TBR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntvihMqq0w&t=97s - Last years St Patricks Day reading vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbakyVSWkOM&t=367s OTHER THINGS MENTIONED: - Renvyle House Hotel: https://www.renvyle.com/en/ - The Clifden Bookshop: https://clifdenbookshop.com/ - Books at One, Letterfrack: https://www.booksatone.ie/letterfrack/ - Westport House: https://www.westporthouse.ie/private-guided-tours/?gclid=Cj0KCQjww4-hBhCtARIsAC9gR3YIpm3AfZSjzYiRfjx1XVeV0Vjl2uu_TOz7vwy1vYzKijE8zPFR1sYaAjp6EALw_wcB Please feel free to reach out on Voxer @lisa60932, Instagram @lisainbookland, or email lisainbookland@gmail.com #booktube #booktuber$

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