Dr. Wortle's School - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607620413 ISBN 13: 9781607620419

Publisher: Norilana Books, 2009

Synopsis

DR. WORTLE'S SCHOOL (1881) by Anthony Trollope is a story of British Victorian social mores, and the psychological exploration of propriety, love, sin, and scandal.

The highly respectable institution run by Dr. Wortle suffers the stigma of impropriety in the small parish of Bowick when it is discovered that the Peacockes, an American couple hired to work at the academy, may or may not be living in a dubious state of wedlock. The kindly Wortle and the otherwise sterling Mr. and Mrs. Peacocke are faced with the defense and restoration of honor, while, in genuine Trollope fashion, other romantic entanglement subplots ensue, involving the younger set.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In the wonderful clarity of its narrative line and thematic focus, Dr. Wortle's School, rarely reprinted since its original publication in 1880, remains one of the most readable, compelling, and fascinating of Trollope's forty-seven novels-and indisputably one of his finest.

About the Author:

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the Post Office. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Norilana Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1607620413
• ISBN 13: 9781607620419
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244