Cousin Henry
Anthony Trollope was a prolific Victorian writer. Trollope's best-loved works were known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which center on the imaginary county of Basetshire. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts. When Trollope returned to England after eighteen months in the colonies, he was horrified by the rampant immorality he found. Cousin Henry is an 1879 novel. The story deals with the trouble arising from the indecision of a squire, Indefer Jones, in choosing an heir to his estate. Indefer Jones is squire to a large Welsh estate. When his health begins to fail he needs to choose an hei…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4385-2929-5
- EAN: 9781438529295
- Produktnummer: 5502194
- Verlag: Book Jungle
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 188 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D1.0 cm 363 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 363
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Anthony trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected english novelists of the victorian era. he wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. in 1867 trollope left his position in the british post office to run for parliament as a liberal candidate in 1868. after he lost, he concentrated entirely on his literary career. while continuing to produce novels rapidly, he also edited the st paul's magazine, which published several of his novels in serial form. his first major success came with the warden (1855) - the first of six novels set in the fictional county of barsetshire. the comic masterpiece barchester towers (1857) has probably become the best-known of these. trollope's popularity and critical success diminished in his later years, but he continued to write prolifically, and some of his later novels have acquired a good reputation. in particular, critics generally acknowledge the sweeping satire the way we live now (1875) as his masterpiece. in all, trollope wrote forty-seven novels, as well as dozens of short stories and a few books on travel.
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