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Doctor Thorne

Autor Anthony Trollope
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Găsim în deschiderea acestui volum imaginea unui sistem social neiertător, unde moșia Greshamsbury, cândva simbolul stabilității, se clatină sub povara datoriilor. Anthony Trollope ne introduce într-o lume în care sentimentele sunt cântărite în funcție de titluri de proprietate, iar datoria față de familie devine o barieră în calea fericirii personale. Putem afirma că în centrul narațiunii nu se află doar medicul onest care dă titlul cărții, ci însăși dilema tânărului Frank Gresham: obligația de a „se căsători cu bani” pentru a salva patrimoniul strămoșesc sau fidelitatea față de Mary Thorne, o fată cu origini incerte și fără zestre.

Cine a citit Framley Parsonage va recunoaște aici aceeași analiză minuțioasă a vulnerabilității clerului și a micii nobilimi în fața greșelilor financiare, însă Doctor Thorne se distinge printr-o privire mult mai ascuțită asupra modului în care banul nou, reprezentat de milionarul Scatcherd, începe să erodeze privilegiile vechi. Dacă în The Warden autorul explora dilemele etice ale unei sinecuri, aici el mută accentul pe „piața trupurilor tinere”, unde căsătoria este tratată ca o tranzacție de salvare imobiliară.

Stilul lui Anthony Trollope este cel al unui observator lucid, care nu judecă, ci descrie cu o precizie aproape chirurgicală mecanismele puterii și ale rangului. Ritmul este așezat, specific prozei victoriene, oferind cititorului timp să înțeleagă ierarhiile complexe ale societății engleze. Este, probabil, cel mai robust portret al unei epoci în care onoarea și supraviețuirea economică erau indisolubil legate.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781375476829
ISBN-10: 1375476823
Pagini: 350
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte celor care apreciază analizele sociale profunde și poveștile de dragoste testate de convenții rigide. Cititorul va câștiga o înțelegere nuanțată a epocii victoriene, dincolo de etichetă, explorând conflictul dintre meritocrație și moștenire. Este o lectură esențială pentru fanii serialelor de epocă, oferind substanța literară care a inspirat adaptări celebre precum cele semnate de Julian Fellowes.


Despre autor

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) a fost unul dintre cei mai prolifici și respectați romancieri ai erei victoriene, combinând cariera de înalt funcționar poștal cu o disciplină literară remarcabilă. Este faimos pentru seria Chronicles of Barsetshire, care a creat un univers geografic și social atât de coerent încât cititorii epocii îl considerau real. Opera sa se distinge prin pătrunderea psihologică și prin viziunea consecventă asupra structurilor sociale. Deși reputația sa a oscilat după moarte, la mijlocul secolului XX a fost reevaluat ca un maestru al realismului, capabil să surprindă subtilitățile politice și de gen ale Angliei secolului al XIX-lea.


Descriere

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'Frank has but one duty before him. He must marry money.'The squire of Greshamsbury has fallen on hard times, and it is incumbent on his son Frank to make a good marriage. But Frank loves the doctor's niece, Mary Thorne, a girl with no money and mysterious parentage. He faces a terrible dilemma: should he save the estate, or marry the girl he loves? Mary, too, has to battle her feelings, knowing that marrying Frank would ruin his family and fly in the face of his mother's opposition. Her pride is matched by that of her uncle, Dr Thorne, who has to decide whether to reveal a secret that would resolve Frank's difficulty, or to uphold the innate merits of his own family heritage.The character of Dr Thorne reflects Trollope's own contradictory feelings about the value of tradition and the need for change. His subtle portrayal, and the comic skill and gentle satire with which the story is developed, are among the many pleasures of this delightful novel.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Recenzii

Powerfully lucid in its account of the subservience of the "exchange of young bodies" in this novel to the cause of the preservation of the Greshambury estate.

Notă biografică

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote novels on political, social and gender issues and other topical matters. Trollope's literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life but he had regained the esteem of critics by the mid-20th century. Trollope began writing on the numerous long train trips around Ireland he had to take to carry out his postal duties. Setting very firm goals about how much he would write each day, he eventually became one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector, occasionally dipping into the "lost-letter" box for ideas.

Descriere scurtă

Anthony Trollope, (born April 24, 1815, London, Eng.--died Dec. 6, 1882, London), English novelist whose popular success concealed until long after his death the nature and extent of his literary merit. A series of books set in the imaginary English county of Barsetshire remains his best loved and most famous work, but he also wrote convincing novels of political life as well as studies that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was a steady, consistent vision of the social structures of Victorian England, which he re-created in his books with unusual solidity.
Trollope grew up as the son of a sometime scholar, barrister, and failed gentleman farmer. He was unhappy at the great public schools of Winchester and Harrow. Adolescent awkwardness continued until well into his 20s. The years 1834-41 he spent miserably as a junior clerk in the General Post Office, but he was then transferred as a postal surveyor to Ireland, where he began to enjoy a social life. In 1844 he married Rose Heseltine, an Englishwoman, and set up house at Clonmel, in Tipperary. He then embarked upon a literary career that leaves a dominant impression of immense energy and versatility.
The Warden (1855) was his first novel of distinction, a penetrating study of the warden of an old people's home who is attacked for making too much profit from a charitable sinecure. During the next 12 years Trollope produced five other books set, like The Warden, in Barsetshire: Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858), Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last Chronicle of Barset (serially 1866-67; 1867). Barchester Towers is the funniest of the series; Doctor Thorne perhaps the best picture of a social system based on birth and the ownership of land; and The Last Chronicle, with its story of the sufferings of the scholarly Mr. Crawley, an underpaid curate of a poor parish, the most pathetic.
The Barsetshire novels excel in memorable characters, and they exude the atmosphere of the cathedral community and of the landed aristocracy. (britannica.com)

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Doctor Throne is about the problem of an unsuitable marriage.