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I was surprised to see this grouped with Trollope's Comic Novels. Trollope's style is often laced with light sarcasm so that it is hard to say that any of them are absent of humor. He does poke some fun at the potential mother-in-law who is grossly overbearing and will not be seen in public without her "false" - her wig. But nothing else sticks out and he deals with two other subjects that are not humorous.
Clara Amedroz is to be left destitute because her brother Charles was a wastrel whose fath ...more
Clara Amedroz is to be left destitute because her brother Charles was a wastrel whose fath ...more
This 1865 novel is a basic one of a love triangle with a young woman named Clara Amedroz as the focal point. Clara the only surviving child of the elderly squire of Belton Castle in Somersetshire. But her father's income and savings have been dissipated to pay for the extravagances of her brother, who subsequently committed suicide. Since her father has no living sons, his estate will pass upon his death to a distant cousin, Will Belton. As a single 25-year-old moneyless woman, Clara is facing a
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Nov 04, 2014
Cindy
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