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The Belton Estate
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Paperback, 392 pages
Published
October 28th 2006
by BiblioLife
(first published 1866)
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Now she would put aside all that (her independence), and let him know that she recognized him her lord and master as well as husband...would have been wise resolutions but for this flaw--that the stronger was submitting itself to the waeker, the greater to the less, the more honest to the less honest, that which was nearly true to that which was in great part false. The theory of man and wife--that special theory in accordance with which the wife is to be...more
Now she would put aside all that (her independence), and let him know that she recognized him her lord and master as well as husband...would have been wise resolutions but for this flaw--that the stronger was submitting itself to the waeker, the greater to the less, the more honest to the less honest, that which was nearly true to that which was in great part false. The theory of man and wife--that special theory in accordance with which the wife is to be...more
Trollope was pure genius at matching Victorian social quirks with timeless characters, putting them all together in various country houses, adding a few excursions and city business matters, and coming up with a crisis that can only be resolved by the pure heart overcoming her (and his) fatal flaws. I regret that I hadn't had this wisdom at Clara's tender age...
Clara Amedroz is one of my favorite heroines. I loved her strength through the typical Trollopian struggle of choosing between suitors. As always, in his novels, the physical descriptions of the surroundings are lush, and the characters are all filled out to a wonderful degree. This was one of my favorite Trollope novels (and that says a lot, as I consider myself quite a fan.)
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