Can You Forgive Her - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 019283469X ISBN 13 : 9780192834690

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

Alice Vavasor, a girl of independent spirit and means, is engaged to the paragon John Grey but, seemingly distressed by his perfection, she jilts him in favour of her less reputable cousin, George. Alice's story is interwoven with that of the early married life of her friend, Lady Glencora.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the meantime Kate Vavasor was living down in Westmoreland, with no other society than that of her grandfather, and did not altogether have a very pleasant life of it. George had been apt to represent the old man to himself as being as strong as an old tower, which, though it be but a ruin, shows no sign of falling. To his eyes the squire had always seemed to be full of life and power. He could be violent on occasions, and was hardly ever without violence in his eyes and voice. But George sopinion was formed by his wish, or rather by the reverses of his wish. For years he had been longing that his grandfather should die, had been accusing Fate of gross injustice in that she did not snap the thread; and with such thoughts in his mind he had grudged every ounce which the squires vigour had been able to sustain. He had almost taught himself to believe that it would be a good deed to squeeze what remained of hfe out of that vioent old throat.
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Quatrième de couverture

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY D.J. TAYLOR

'Trollope is wonderful, a major novelist, a joy' P.D. James

Alice Vavasor should be married to the sensible, kindly John Grey. But despite what her respectable relations might think, Alice cannot quite reconcile herself to this fate. Once upon a time she was engaged to her wild cousin George, and now he stands in need of her money and, perhaps too, her good influence. Meanwhile Alice's friend Lady Glencora has married the rising politician Plantagenet Palliser, but is still pursued by Burgo Fitzgerald, the handsome rascal she loves.

In this hugely compelling novel,Trollope shows the two women struggling to reconcile heart, mind and moral code whilst enduring the stifling scrutiny of their contemporaries.

See also: The Way We Live Now

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019283469X
• ISBN 13: 9780192834690
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie