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Dr. Wortle's School

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor unknowingly hires a woman who apparently has two husbands: A devoted English scholar and an abusive drunkard from the American south. The book interweaves a sensitive and realistic exploration of Dr. Wortle’s moral dilemma with a humorous look at small-town gossip and--of course--a romance involving the doctor’s beautiful young daughter.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Doctor's mind a certain feverish feeling of insecurity. At any rate, he knew this, that there was a mystery, that there was something about the Peacockes,—something referring especially to Mrs. Peacocke,—which, if generally known, would be held to be deleterious to their character. So much he could not help deducing from what the man had already told him. No doubt he had undertaken, in his generosity, that although the man should decline to tell his secret, no alteration should be made as to the school arrangements; but he became conscious that in so promising he had in some degree jeopardised the well-being of the school. He began to whisper to himself that persons in such a position as that filled by this Mr. Peacocke and his wife should not be subject to peculiar remarks from ill-natured tongues. A weapon was afforded by such a mystery to the Stantiloups of the world, which the Stantiloups would be sure to use with all their virulence. To such an est. . . Read More

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This is my fourth Trollope novel, and the first one that doesn't belong in a series of novels. If I were a more disciplined reader I'd probably read through his novels in some kind of order instead to reading a Palliser, a Barestshire, another Palliser and a stand alone, like I was ordering food fro

Pozni i manje značajni roman u Trolopovom stvaralaštvu, verovatno zanimljiv samo nama koji volimo viktorijanske romane i da čitamo o vremenom izgaženim dilemama. Sveštenik Vertl drži aristokratsku školu gde se dečaci više klase školuju i pripremaju za odlazak na Iton, i kasnije na Oksford. Zaplet za

Dr Wortle’s School (1881) is a standalone and the fortieth book written by Victorian author Anthony Trollope and focuses on themes of morality, social propriety, gossip and justice, with an incidental thread of romance.

Dr Wortle is the proprietor of a boys’ school which prepares students to go on to

Dr Wortle's School was written late in Anthony Trollope's career and was published the year before he died. My online Yahoo Trollope group has recently been reading books from the last years of Trollope's life and I think we have been looking for a decline in his power to portray the psychology of h

A really great read, great themes, wonderful characterisation - so exciting, so dramatic, so moving and engaging. A great Trollope novel and a great place to start with his work.

Short but full of everything I love about Trollope - moral dilemmas (that we wouldn't think twice about today), an outrageous press, the attitudes of the English towards the USA and many funny moments (usually stemming from hypocrisy or human foibles). I wouldn't suggest this book over "The Way We L

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