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Is He Popenjoy?
Anthony Trollope
Book Overview:
Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in "Doctor Thorne," the issues are complicated by the specter of possible illegitimacy. Lord George Germain, a thoroughly respectable, upstanding, if not particularly bright younger son with new wife, rather expects to inherit a title, since his vicious and dissolute elder brother, the Marquis of Brotherton, who lives in Italy, shows no signs of settling down and producing heirs. Then comes a thunderbolt in the form of a letter from the Marquis suddenly claiming that he has, late in life, married an Italian widow and sired a son. This little boy, if he is indeed legitimate, is Lord Popenjoy and the heir to the marquisate.
Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in "Doctor Thorne," the issues are complicated by the specter of possible illegitimacy. Lord George Germain, a thoroughly respectable, upstanding, if not particularly bright younger son with new wife, rather expects to inherit a title, since his vicious and dissolute elder brother, the Marquis of Brotherton, who lives in Italy, shows no signs of settling down and producing heirs. Then comes a thunderbolt in the form of a letter from the Marquis suddenly claiming that he has, late in life, married an Italian widow and sired a son. This little boy, if he is indeed legitimate, is Lord Popenjoy and the heir to the marquisate.
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"What a husband says, ma'am, at such a time, goes for nothing."
"What husbands say, Mr. Price, very often does go for nothing." He turned his hat in his hand, and smiled. "If it had not been so, all this wouldn't have happened, and I shouldn't have upset you into the water. But all the same, I hope you'll give me a lead another day, and I'll take great care not to come so close to you again." This pleased Mr. Price so much, that as he went home he swore to himself that if ever she asked him again, he would do just the same as he had done on the day of the accident.
When Price, the farmer, had seen her, of course it became Lord George's duty to pay her his compliments in person. At first he visited her in company with his wife and Lady Sarah, and the conversation was very stiff. Lady Sarah was potent enough to quell even Mrs. Houghton. But later in the afternoon Lord George ca. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Because of the page count of the default edition here, I was expecting a shorter book. Thankfully, I was not reading that edition - there must be very very tiny print in it! Recently I have been reading books originally published 100 and more years later than this, and, as much as I love Trollope, i
This is not only one of Anthony Trollope's sunniest novels, it is probably the best one of his books to start with if you have never read any of his works before. On one hand, Is He Popenjoy? is the tale of a nasty marquis who mistreats his family, hates England, and marries an Italian woman of dubi
Before getting too much into it, I have to agree with many reviewers who feel that Is He Popenjoy? is a poor choice as your introduction to the otherwise long shelf of Trollope’s long Victorian novels. To that I will add that it is not my favorite. Allowing that Victorian novels were written when pa
First a story: A 19-year-old girl was in love with her boyfriend. Within five months he would be her fiancé; in a year, her husband. They were at a wedding of a mutual friend. The boyfriend was a groomsman, the girl a musician.
While the guys were bachelor-partying, the girl's task was to practice m
A very strong and interesting Trollope novel - he is at his best writing about marriage, and the characters are so fully formed here. The ending did drag a little, but I'd still highly recommend.