The Claverings / Anthony Trollope ; with an introduction and notes by David Skilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Skilton, David, 1942-

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Great Britain.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxviii, 518 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Harry Clavering is perhaps the first well-born Victorian hero to choose a career in civil engineering; he wants to transform the world with railways and bridges. Julia Brabazon, his first love, jilts him for a wealthy, dissipated, and decrepit nobleman. Two years later, a rich young widow, she reappears and forces Harry to choose between the comforts of a moneyed wife and the honourable course of marrying his fiancee, Florence Burton, and pursuing his avowed career. His struggles of conscience contrast strikingly with the emotional strength of the two women. Trollope deploys masterly realism and Victorian moral sense in portraying the anguish of making choices in both profession and marriage.

Contents:

The Claverings 1.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [xix]).

ISBN:

0192837079

OCLC:

41424619