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I do so enjoy reading Trollope. He isn't deep, and perhaps doesn't give the reader much to chew over either during or after. His characterizations are excellent.
Mr. Fenwick, the Vicar of the title, is not so much the central character as the man who knows all of the characters of the major plot and the various sub-plots. He and his wife have a very solid marriage and wish for the same for two of their close friends. This leads them to play match-maker and is the main plot line. Near to the vica ...more
Mr. Fenwick, the Vicar of the title, is not so much the central character as the man who knows all of the characters of the major plot and the various sub-plots. He and his wife have a very solid marriage and wish for the same for two of their close friends. This leads them to play match-maker and is the main plot line. Near to the vica ...more
Trollope does a great job of balancing his plot lines and keeping our interest in his characters. Here we have a matchmaking couple who misjudge a situation, a miller and his family who brush up against immorality and crime, and a skirmish between Anglican and low church.
I picked up 'The Vicar of Bullhampton' because I was looking for a Trollope that didn't centre around a will or a court case. I should have read the synopsis a little more carefully because there is a court case - one concerned with crime this time, not inheritance - but I didn't mind too much, because I found much to enjoy in the three entangling stories involving said vicar.
This isn't my favourite Trollope - and it's very nearly a curate's egg - but I did find a great deal to enjoy.
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This isn't my favourite Trollope - and it's very nearly a curate's egg - but I did find a great deal to enjoy.
I wad very ...more
This is a better than average Trollope novel, with romance, and clerical and nobility disputes. The titled Vicar is a central character in the clerical and noble disputes but the romantic plot revolves around a friend of the Vicar, the Squire, and a friend of the Vicar’s wife, a non-resident of Bullhampton, with another suitor involved. A non-believing miller and his family, including a wayward son and randy daughter also participate, especially in the murder subplot.
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