An Old Man's Love (World's Classics S.) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192826468 ISBN 13: 9780192826466

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1991

Synopsis

The story of William Whittlestaff and his ward Mary Lawrie was Trollope's last complete novel, finished seven months before his death and written in almost constant pain and ill-health. His depiction of the agonized Whittlestaff is one of his very best portrayals, and among the minor characters the aged and garrulous housekeeper Mrs Baggett and the fatuous Reverend Montagu Blake show his powers undiminished. The more sombre and thoughtful note that sounds in the background is the only clue to the author's growing awareness of his own mortality.

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: 0192826468
• ISBN 13: 9780192826466
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Sutherland J. A.