Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (World's Classics S.) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192822055 ISBN 13: 9780192822055

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1991

Synopsis

Since its first appearance in 1870, this has been regarded as one of Trollope's finest short novels. It is the tale of a conscientious father vacillating between a desire to marry his daughter to a cousin destined to inherit the family title, and his fear that the cousin, reportedly a scheming wastrel, is unworthy of her. Sir Harry Hotspur has been called Trollope's saddest story, and at the same time is the superlative exception to the rule that Trollope's long, comfortable books are his best. This book is intended for general readers, students and teachers of Victorian literature.

About this title

About the Author:

As young adult, Trollope endured seven years of poverty in the General Post Office in London before accepting a better-paying position as postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland in 1841. The years in Ireland formed the basis of his second career delineating clerical life in small cathedral towns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0192822055
• ISBN 13: 9780192822055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Hall N. John