Can You Forgive Her?

by Anthony Trollope, Stephen Wall (Editor)

Overview

Alice Vavasor cannot decide whether to marry her ambitious but violent cousin George or the upright and gentlemanly John Grey - and finds herself accepting and rejecting each of them in turn. Increasingly confused about her own feelings and unable to forgive herself for such vacillation, her situation is contrasted with that of her friend Lady Glencora - forced to marry the rising politician Plantagenet Palliser in order to prevent the worthless Burgo Fitzgerald from wasting her vast fortune. In asking his readers to pardon Alice for her transgression of the Victorian moral code, Trollope created a telling and wide-ranging account of the social world of his day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141904832
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	06/27/1974
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	864
Sales rank:	1,004,190
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Anthony Trollope (1815-82) was one of the most widely enjoyed and prolific novelists of the nineteenth century. His books include the great Chronicles of Barsetshire, of which Barchester Towers is the second volume. Trollope worked for the Post Office for much of his adult life, combining postal and literary business as he travelled around the British Empire. He has been credited with the creation of the distinctive British pillar box.

Editorial Reviews

"Trollope is wonderful, a major novelist, a joy."  —P.D. James


"Trollope is a genius at exploring the world of Victorian landed gentry, and his novels transport me to another time and place."  —msnbc.com

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