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Sep 07, 2013
Elizabeth (Alaska)
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This is the most serious of the Trollope novels I've read. It is completely devoid of any Trollope humor. Still, I quite enjoyed it. Trollope may have been putting his own spin on a Romeo and Juliet story. In this, a poor Christian girl is betrothed to a wealthy Jewish man. Neither of the families nor their respective communities approve. Throughout, I wondered if Trollope would bring himself to write a tragic ending.
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