The Duke's Children (Paperback, [New Ed.])

The Duke's Children is the last of Trollope's six Palliser novels and concludes the story of Plantagenet Palliser, former Prime Minister and latterly Duke of Omnium. Lady Glencora is dead and the Duke, widowed and grieving, is left with the responsibility of three difficult children. His sons are sent down from university in disgrace and the Duke is further dismayed when his daughter Lady Mary and his eldest son Silverbridge both propose to marry out of the English nobility. One by one the Duke's dearest wishes are thwarted, yet at the same time he discovers how parents can learn from their children, and is rescued from his own inflexible pride and snobbery by the strength of his private affections. As Birch remarks in her introduction, 'of all the many late developers in Trollope's fiction, Palliser is the most impressive'. The Duke's Children (1880) is resonant with the memories of the Duke of Omnium who had come to be more than a fiction to Trollope, 'so much do I love the man whose character I had endeavoured to portray'.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1995
Authors:	Anthony Trollope
Editors:	Dinah Birch
Introduction by:	Dinah Birch
Notes by:	Dinah Birch
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	525
Edition:	[New Ed.]
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043344-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-043344-9
Barcode:	9780140433449

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