Doctor Thorne (Penguin Classics)

by Anthony Trollope, Ruth Rendell (Editor)

Overview

A subtle classic, Dr Thorne, the third book of the Barchester series, is regarded by many as the finest of Anthony Trollope's works. We follow the story of Mary Thorne, niece of the eponymous doctor, as love and social propriety clash. A beautiful and timeless piece of literature, the insights of such a work have lost none of their power over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140433265
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/05/1991
Series:	Chronicles of Barsetshire , #3
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 5.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Doctor Thorne is the third of the six highly popular Chronicles of Barsetshire

In many ways Doctor Thorne is Trollope's ideal character - human, reticent, stern and honourable. He has the strength to stand up to the destructive prejudices and fears of mid-Victorian society but at the same time does not abandon its traditional values.

Doctor Thorne is about the problem of an unsuitable marriage. Shall young Frank Gresham, heir to a great impoverished estate, marry the penniless Mary Thorne? Shall Doctor Thorne, her uncle, disclose that she may herself become heiress to a huge fortune? In the anxieties of honest people who behave without heroics; in the gentle satire with which great persons are described; and in the pleasant humour which pervades the book, Trollope reveals the subtlety which is so characteristic of his novels.