The action in The Real Charlotte is dominated by two women : the beautiful, light-hearted Francie, and her cousin, the ugly, clever and unscrupulous Charlotte, who schemes for riches, yet nover loses sight of her love for the land-agent Roddy Lambert, who is himself in love with Francie. These three work out their tragedy in the Ireland of the 1890s, vrith its shifting loyalties and hierarchies. Densely plotted, the book throbs with life, with sexual passion, cruelry greed and jealousy.
The action in The Real Charlotte is dominated by two women : the beautiful, light-hearted Francie, and her cousin, the ugly, clever and unscrupulous Charlotte, who schemes for riches, yet nover loses sight of her love for the land-agent Roddy Lambert, who is himself in love with Francie. These three work out their tragedy in the Ireland of the 1890s, vrith its shifting loyalties and hierarchies. Densely plotted, the book throbs with life, with sexual passion, cruelry greed and jealousy.