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The Vicar of Wrexhill
Frances Milton Trollope
Book Overview:
A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. This highly readable romance portrays the evangelical movement of the Anglican church in a shocking light that may remind readers of some of the religious abuses of the present day.
A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. This highly readable romance portrays the evangelical movement of the Anglican church in a shocking light that may remind readers of some of the religious abuses of the present day.
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This work by Fanny (Frances) Trollope (mother of Anthony Trollope and not to be confused with his sister-in-law, Frances Eleanor Trollope, who also wrote novels) addresses a number of themes that readers of Anthony Trollope's Barchester series will find familiar. She takes as her subject the appoint
How come I didn't know that Anthony Trollope's mother was a writer? After reading this book, it's much easier to understand what (likely?) have influenced him and his writing.
This is such a great book and frankly the story rings true even now - it's like a description of all the sect leaders and so
This is my first foray into the novels of Frances (“Fanny”) Trollope, Anthony’s mother. One novel is not enough to go on, but this one book is certainly inferior to her son’s work, though I found it entertaining enough to stick with it.
The premise is that Charles Mowbray, senior, foolishly (we are
L'autrice condivide con le grandi scrittrici inglesi del suo tempo il gusto per le descrizioni ferocemente ironiche di personaggi, eventi, 'milieu' sociali: ed è questo il pregio più evidente di questo romanzo. Condivide con molte di loro (Jane Austen è una delle poche eccezioni) anche la necessità
This work, published in 1837, was among her Mrs Trollope's earliest novels and the first to be recalled much at all. I have read it before, many years ago, and didn't recall the plot at all.
It's very loosely based on the plot of Molière's Tartuffe and, indeed, the villain of the piece - the title ch
I didn't realize until earlier this year that there are more Trollope writers than just Anthony! This was the first I read by Frances and it's so good. The vicar is perfectly detestable but thankfully gets his due. It also seems that Frances focuses more on dialogue and characters rather than bigger
I like the 19th century language. Now In understand better from where Anthony Trollope got his skills.The booknis humourous too.
The plot is unconvincing. I doubt if there was any vicar.in England who had such extreme behaviour and ideas. I think this book is unjust tot Dissenters and Calvinists
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