Travelling Sketches - format ePub

Let the reader be introduced to Lady Carbury, upon whose character and doings much will depend of whatever interest these pages may have, as she sits at her writing-table in her own room in her own house...

Whether or no, she, whom you are to forgive, if you can, did or did not belong to the Upper Ten Thousand of this our English world, I am not prepared to say with any strength of affirmation. By blood...

It is certainly of service to a man to know who were his grandfathers and who were his grandmothers if he entertain an ambition to move in the upper circles of society, and also of service to be able...

Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars...

AS all the world knows, the old fortifications of Vienna have been pulled down,-the fortifications which used to surround the centre or kernel of the city; and the vast spaces thus thrown open and forming...

Dr. Finn, of Killaloe, in county Clare, was as well known in those parts,-the confines, that is, of the counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Galway,-as was the bishop himself who lived in the same...

The Rev. Septimus Harding was, a few years since, a beneficed clergyman residing in the cathedral town of ...; let us call it Barchester. Were we to name Wells or Salisbury, Exeter, Hereford, or Gloucester,...

"The Warden" is the first novel in "The Chronicles of Barsetshire" series and was also Trollope’s first breakthrough novel. It is the story of a devoted priest, beloved by all who know him, and who...

Set in Munich, this is a delightful short story from much-loved author Anthony Trollope. Young English bank clerk Herbert Onslow is working for small German banking firm Heine Brothers, where he encounters...

A single woman in her mid-thirties, Miss Mackenzie receives a sizeable fortune when her brother dies. She must be on her guard as a range of suitors begin to make their interest known. Is it Miss Mackenzie...

Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a range of crises; from...

First published in 1866, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Travelling Sketches’ is a series of eight short sketches based around the topic of travel. Each of the eight essays deals with a different type of traveller...

Sir Harry Hotspur is forced to rewrite his will after the death of his only son and heir. Keen that the ancestral property Humblethwaite Hall should go to his daughter Emily, Sir Harry must find away...

‘The Way We Live Now’ is perhaps the most famous of all Anthony Trollope’s novels, and widely considered his masterpiece. A 19th century classic, it follows the tale of the mysterious Augustus Melmotte...

Initially published anonymously, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Linda Tressel’ follows the story of a young orphan girl. Set in Nuremburg, the young Linda’s religious Aunt Charlotte comes to look after her, and...

Pièce maitresse, monument en maturité littéraire dans l’œuvre de Trollope, Les tours de Barchester, est incontestablement le roman le plus abouti du cycle des Chroniques de Barsetshire. Maniant le particulier...

« Lady Mason, il faut l’avouer, était attrayante dans son chagrin. Son visage avait encore un doux coloris, sa main était toujours petite et douce, et ses cheveux étaient, comme jadis, bruns et lustrés....

Dans 'Le Domaine de Belton', Anthony Trollope explore les complexités des relations humaines à travers le prisme de la propriété foncière et des dynamiques sociales de l'Angleterre victorienne. L'intrigue,...

Clara Amedroz, toujours célibataire à 25 ans, est la seule fille du vieux châtelain de Belton Castle (Somersetshire). Ce dernier a dilapidé sa fortune pour assouvir les extravagances de son fils, qui...

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Dans cet ample roman victorien aux ramifications multiples, le centre de gravité est occupé par Augustus Melmotte, un financier véreux qui lance une vaste opération spéculative en Angleterre et en Amérique...

Dans "Le Domaine de Belton", Anthony Trollope explore les thèmes de la propriété, de l'héritage et des relations humaines au sein de la société victorienne. Ce roman, caractérisé par un style narratif...

Le Docteur Thorne, qui a valu à Anthony Trollope son plus grand succès, constitue (en 1858) l’une des premières apparitions dans le roman anglais du personnage du médecin, appelé à un bel avenir littéraire....

Dans l’Angleterre victorienne, Margaret Mackenzie, vieille fille de 35 ans, reçoit tout à coup un bel héritage. Bientôt, les prétendants se pressent... Désemparée, elle hésite entre son cousin John Ball,...

Dans une Angleterre victorienne corsetée pas les convenances, Rachel vit avec sa mère, Mrs Ray, et sa sœur aînée, Mrs Prime, dans un cottage près de Baslehurst. Lors d’une promenade, Rachel fait la connaissance...

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Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a well known English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his most successfull works is a series of novels known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolve aournd...

In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways-Who was to be the new...

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