The Bertrams (World's Classics S.) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019282645X ISBN 13: 9780192826459

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1991

Synopsis

Set in the Middle East, but informed by the ramifications of of the repeal of the Corn Laws and the rise of Tractarianism, The Bertrams is a tale of doomed love and a remarkable blend of psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy. Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species its story of the contrasting careers of three Oxford graduates echoes the idea of the survival of the fittest. This fully annotated edition of the novel Trollope hoped would secure him a reputation as a serious author uses the original 1859 text. This book is intended for trollope fans; students and teachers of nineteenth-century literature and history, general.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, The Bertrams examines the doctrine of competition and the survival of the fittest in Victorian society through the contrasted careers of three young Oxford graduates. Its principal, moving story concerns the tragic confusion of the brilliant scholar George Bertram, radically at odds with the ethos of the age, and torn between youthful idealism and love for the regal, ambitious Caroline Waddington.

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: 019282645X
• ISBN 13: 9780192826459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 627