About this title: Published in 1865, this is the first novel in Trollope's Palliser series. Alice Vavasor, a cousin of Trollope's beloved character Lady Glencora Palliser, is torn between two suitors, one a reckless politician. Engaged first to one, then to the other, Alice changes her mind yet a third time before she settles down--a radical departure from the way a Victorian woman was supposed to behave. Worse yet, Lady Glencora, newly married to Plantagenet Palliser, is tempted by her old beau Burgo Fitzgerald to run away with him--and he almost succeeds in persuading her. To portray a respectable married ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780192815859ISBN:0192815857
Description: A good reading copy only. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Heavy creasing to covers. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
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Description: Very Good. 0192811436 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Acceptable. 1973-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
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Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Universty Press, London
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780192811431ISBN:0192811436
Description: Lamb, Lynton. Good. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. A3-A 2nd printing trade paperback book in good condition. Book has wrinkling and chipping on the edges, sides and corners, stains on the bottom page edges, line cut/scratch crease front, some plastic film of the book is popping out (mostly on the spine), previous owner's name written on the half title page, discoloration, and shelf wear. The Palliser Novels. With a preface by Sir Edward Marsh.4.25"x4.75". 427 pages. Satisfaction ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780192811431ISBN:0192811436
Description: Fair. As issued No Jacket. Spine curl and crease, corner bump and creases, sticker front cover, and the rear cover is almost torn off. A Palliser Novel. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780192811431ISBN:0192811436
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover book in good condition, spots on first page and page deck. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 427 p. Palliser Novels of Anthony Trollope. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140430868ISBN:0140430865
Description: Very Good. Great Condition! GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140430868ISBN:0140430865
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 848 p. Penguin English Library. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Heroine becomes engaged and breaks engagement to two men, finally marrying the right one. Upper class friend is forced to marry one of "her class", leaving her real love behind, only to discover that her family was right all along."
"I love to read Trollope but this book aggravated me with the main female character's indecision. All the self flaggelation seemed to me to be completely unreal. However, I soldiered through and was glad that all came right in the end."
"I waver on this one, the first of the Palliser novels. He obviously wrote it before he decided to follow the family in succeeding books, or he would not have employed his "minor characters with ridiculous names" trope in calling the Duke Omnium. But the duke becomes one of his very best characters, at least as good as anyone in Barsetshire.
Here's the interesting thing about this novel for me: I think it's his answer to Sense and Sensibility--he takes the storyline, even certain elements of the plot (most important the rejection of the heroine at a ball by the clay-footed love interest) but he uses the story to foster his ideas about what makes ideal female love. His Eleanor is very, very Victorian from male POV."
"Has there ever been a more tediously annoying character than Alice Vavasor? I enjoyed going into the world of the Pallisers, but did anyone ever edit Trollope? Sometimes the verbiage was not justified by the dry wit. I have a feeling that I'll have the chance to find out just who Lady Griselda Dumbello (a?) is in and other characters with hilariously bizarre names when I tackle more of the books in the Palliser series (Phineas Finn is next)."
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