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Can You Forgive Her?
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
“Can
You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels
dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introduces
the reader to Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser, as they court, marry,
and as Plantagenet sets out on his political career, which is carried on
in the foreground or background throughout the series. Each novel has a
focus on other particular characters, as well. In this one, it is the
dilemma of Alice Vavasor, who is a young woman choosing between two
suitors: one who has all the best qualities, but who prefers a retiring
private life, and another, whose qualities are doubtful, but who is
ambitious for public office. There is also a comic subplot involving a
widowed aunt, who also must choose between two suitors: Mr. Cheeseacre, a
dull but stable farmer, and Capt. Bellfield, a charming but somewhat
erratic retired military man. (Summary by Karen Merline)
This is the first of Trollope’s six “Palliser” novels. 1-Can You Forgive Her? 2-Phineas Finn, the Irish Member 3-The Eustace Diamonds 4-Phineas Redux 5-The Prime Minister 6 The Duke’s Children
Phineas Finn the Irish Member
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
Phineas
Finn is the sequel to “Can you Forgive Her?” and the second novel in
Trollope’s Palliser series. The eponymous hero is a young Irishman who
becomes a member of the English parliament. Trollope aspired to become
an M.P. himself, and he ably describes the workings of the English
political scene. There is also a love interest, as the somewhat
inconstant Phineas courts three different women: his Irish sweetheart,
Mary Flood Jones; Lady Laura Standish, the daughter of a prominent Whig
politician; and a lovely heiress, Violet Effingham. (Summary by Karen
Merline)
This is the second of Trollope’s six “Palliser” novels
The Eustace Diamonds
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
Lizzie
Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir
Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. While
clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws; the greatest
of these is an almost pathological delight in lying, even when it cannot
benefit her. Before he dies, the disillusioned Sir Florian discovers
all this, but does not think to change the generous terms of his will.
The
diamonds of the book's title are a necklace, a Eustace family heirloom
that Sir Florian gave to Lizzie to wear. Lizzie attempts to hold onto
them, much to the irritation of the longtime family lawyer, Mr
Camperdown. The Eustaces find themselves in an awkward position. On the
one hand, the diamonds are a valuable heirloom to which Lizzie may not
have a legal claim, but on the other, they do not want to antagonize the
mother of the heir to the family estate (Lizzie having only a life
interest).
Meanwhile, after a respectable period of mourning,
Lizzie searches for another husband, and "the plot thickens". (Summary
from Wikipedia)
This is the third of Trollope’s six “Palliser” novels
Phineas Redux
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
Phineas
Finn is the fourth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. At the
end of Phineas Finn, the second novel in the series, Phineas had
returned to Ireland and married his childhood sweetheart after having
left the House of Commons. As Phineas Redux opens, Phineas is working as
a Poorhouse Inspector in Ireland. His wife having died in childbirth,
he finds his existence dull and unsatisfying. Phineas' returns to
England; his career advances and his romantic adventures continue, while
we encounter many familiar characters including Glencora and
Plantagenet Palliser, Madame Goesler, and Lizzie Eustace and her husband
the Reverand Mr. AEmelius. (Summary by Karen Merline)
The Prime Minister
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
The
Prime Minister is the fifth in Trollope's series of six Palliser
novels. With Phineas' difficulties resolved, Trollope introduces new
characters. A respectable young girl forsakes the man her family had
always intended her to marry when she falls in love with a man of
foreign extraction and an unknown family. He has a gentleman's education
and manners, but his family background and financial means are
mysterious. Is he really a gentleman? Meanwhile, Plantagenet Palliser
becomes Prime Minister of a shaky coalition government, and Glencora and
Madame Goessler are busy with the ensuing social obligations. (Summary
by Karen Merline)
The Duke's Children
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882) In
the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady
Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding
himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge,
has recently been expelled from Oxford; his younger brother, Gerald, is
about to enter Cambridge; and the youngest, nineteen-year old Lady Mary,
has imprudently formed an attachment to Francis Tregear, who, while
certainly a gentleman, unfortunately has no income. Before her death,
Glencora knew (and approved) of her daughter's attachment; the Duke,
however, does not know of it, and is not at all likely to approve. Mrs.
Finn (the former Marie Goesler), who was Glencora's closest friend,
learns from Mary of her love for Tregear, and is faced with the question
of either keeping silent, thus breaking faith with the Duke (who has
entrusted Lady Mary to her care) or telling the Duke, and breaking faith
with Mary herself.
Somewhat later Lord Silverbridge himself
forms an attachment to an unsuitable (because American!) girl. The Duke,
whose overriding passions in life are politics and the decimalization
of English currency, finds himself facing the problems brought by his
children, which now have to be resolved without their mother's help. It
is, in short, a novel about the generation gap, and though Trollope
would never have used the term, he was obviously familiar with the
problem.