Linda Tressel was part of Trollope's experiment to see if people would buy his books if he published under a pseudonym. I didn't buy this one. It has some fairy-tale elements to it, including its setting in Bavaria, specifically in Nuremberg, the city of Albrecht Durer and Hans Sachs, but it does no

I think Trollope did not write many tragedies, but this is one. Even in the works where the characters are saddened, there are humorous lines/characters to offset it. But not in Linda Tressel. Throughout his works, Trollope's characters are, for the most part, good church goers. In this he gives us

Without a doubt the darkest of the 33 Trollopes I have read, and also one of the shortest and most powerful. Trollope was a politically liberal and that come through in his depiction of the aunt's horrifyingly inflexible Anabaptism of Linda's aunt.

The term 'crushed beneath the wheel' is often invok

So irritating but engaging! I really loved this book!

I can't believe I found a Trollope book that I don't like! I wanted to shake the main character Linda from the beginning to the end. I wanted to do worse to her aunt. The setting was also uninteresting. I think this is my 34th Trollope novel; and I pray the 35th is much better!

One of Trollope's intense and grim psychological things. It isn't explicit of course, but the sense of a young woman being forced into an abhorrent sexual situation is pretty disturbing. It's a short novel with a pretty relentless plot. A good study - not as good as James, but good - for how to stru

No reason to dwell on the typical shortcomings found in "lesser" Trollope--the only reason to read this is if one is involved in some sort of race or personal challenge requiring the reading of all 47 of the master's novels. I'm happy to report both that this makes 47 for me AND that though this cer