Doctor Thorne (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140433260 ISBN 13: 9780140433265

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1991

Synopsis

Son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family's mortgaged estate by making a good marriage to a wealthy heiress. Only Mary's loving uncle, Dr Thorne, knows the secret of her birth and the fortune she is to inherit that will make her socially acceptable in the eyes of Frank's family - but the high-principled doctor believes she should be accepted on her own terms. A telling examination of the relationship between society, money and morality, Dr Thorne (1858) is enduringly popular for Trollope's affectionate depiction of rural English life and his deceptively simple portrayal of human nature.

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Review:

"Doctor Thorne" is engaging, witty, profoundly moving, and full of emotional strands that seem as relevant today as when it was written. I love it. Julian Fellowes, creator of "Downton Abbey""

Doctor Thorne is engaging, witty, profoundly moving, and full of emotional strands that seem as relevant today as when it was written. I love it. Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey"

Book Description:

'You must give up this mad idea, Frank ... there is but one course left open to you. You MUST marry money'

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140433260
• ISBN 13: 9780140433265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Rendell Ruth