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An Old Man's Love
Anthony Trollope
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This was Trollope's last completed novel, and he may have acquired his sympathy for older lovers with age! A not-so-very-old man, Mr. Whittlestaff, dearly loves Mary Lawrie, the girl he provides a home for after her father's death. He wishes to marry her, and she reluctantly accepts him, but warns him of her deep regard for a young man she had known years earlier. That Mr. Gordon had not exactly engaged her, but had gone off to seek his fortune and had not communicated with Mary ever since. Shortly after Mary accepts Mr. Whittlestaff, Gordon shows up. Trollope works out a final arrangement which resolves the quandary, but not with comfort.
This was Trollope's last completed novel, and he may have acquired his sympathy for older lovers with age! A not-so-very-old man, Mr. Whittlestaff, dearly loves Mary Lawrie, the girl he provides a home for after her father's death. He wishes to marry her, and she reluctantly accepts him, but warns him of her deep regard for a young man she had known years earlier. That Mr. Gordon had not exactly engaged her, but had gone off to seek his fortune and had not communicated with Mary ever since. Shortly after Mary accepts Mr. Whittlestaff, Gordon shows up. Trollope works out a final arrangement which resolves the quandary, but not with comfort.
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Community Reviews
Henry James said that Trollope's greatest and undeniable merit was his utter understanding of the ordinary. He succeded in feeling any little thing in everyday life not only in seeing it. He felt them simply and directly in their sadness and in their gaiety, in their appeal and in their comical aspe
Vey short and easy to read. Usual Trollope investigation into character and motives. Very simple story but a key to understanding the Victorian mind. Enjoyable.
Second reading 2019. Maybe more enjoyable because it was read aloud. There is more in it than I noticed reading it 5 years ago. Well worth y
This was Trollope's final novel and published posthumously. I think he had lost none of his power as an author. This story involves two men who both love one woman. The men love with all their heart - it is not simple desire nor is it male ego. She loves one of them, but has promised to marry the ot
Really enjoyed this one. Anthony Trollope is such a great writer and this is a clever, poignant, focused shorter novel that I really enjoyed.
Due largely to the Yahoo! Trollope reading group over the last six years, I have by now read most of the 47 novels by Anthony Trollope. Few writers of fiction are so consistently good. Every time I think I have read enough of his work, and then start on a new one, I become newly enamored of his work
Libro e storia leggermente clautrofobica.
In alcuni momenti ho avuto la sensazione di assistere ad una rappresentazione teatrale fatta di pochi ed essenziali personaggi che alternandosi sul palco sviscerano al pubblico i loro pensieri più intimi e scandagliano i loro timori esistenziali.
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My attention was grabbed in the first chapter and kept through the final sentence. This book is much shorter than any in the Barsetshire Chronicles or Palliser books, but it contains all the same elements, including main story and side plot - the only difference being the faster pace.
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