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

Dr. Wortle’s School is yet another novel by Anthony Trollope with all his characteristic features. Though it is short work, Trollope’s favourite themes - moral dilemmas, ecclesiastical conflicts, and Victorian morals are explored at length. Through the unhappy life circumstances of an unfortunate co

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

Trollope takes these quite simple stories and infuses them with so much charm, lovely and fun characters and more relatable stuff than should be in classics.
I like the conflict of morality in this: what is considered the moral thing to do vs what is actually a good and nice action. Since a lot of su

Of the Trollope books that I've read, Dr. Wortle's School is one of the shortest. I think I kind of like Trollope in this shorter format. It took me a bit to get into the story, but I really enjoyed the characters. I love Dr. Wortle and his determination to stick to his own beliefs and morals in the

The eponymous Dr. Wortle is both the rector of a private boy’s school and a parish priest. He is married and has a daughter of seventeen. Wife and daughter, both he dearly loves. The setting is Victorian England. Dr. Wortle is drawn in three directions--by the demands of the church, by what is best

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.

Every novel by Trollope is intellectually stimulating yet comforting at the same time. Underlying each passage is a wry sense of humour, as if Trollope were standing back and observing the human condition in a loving yet amused way. This particular novel sets a challenge to the reader: if a couple f

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