LA Vendee - Couverture souple

Trollope, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019282838X ISBN 13 : 9780192828385

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1994

Synopsis

La Vendee (1850) is unusual in being Trollope's only historical novel, written immediately before the first of the Barchester series. Set in rural western France in 1793, the plot centres on the civil war between roylists and rebel republicans. Trollope's support for the rebels emerges not only through his treatment of military conflict but also in a romantic subplot, where the lovers are as doomed as the rebellion itself. His depiction of the turncoat Denot is a piercing psychological study of a near-pathological character, unusual both for Trollope and for his time. Beneath the surface of the narrative various subversive themse can be detected, and the introduction sheds light on how the book constituted Trollope's own rebellion against his family. This edition, with its extensive notes and gazetteer, is the first to examine the novel both sympathetically and critically.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Trollope's third novel and his only attempt at historical fiction. It is set principally in la Vendee, in west central France on the Bay of Biscay, where a pro-royalty, pro-church revolt took place in response to the revolution. As Trollope notes in his introduction, the book is based in large point on the Memoirs of Madame de la Rochejaquelein.

Biographie de l'auteur

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Among his best-loved works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters. Trollope's literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019282838X
• ISBN 13: 9780192828385
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 500
• Éditeur: McCormack W. J., Guinness Selina
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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