The Duke's Children
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Anthony Trollope
(4,598 Sterne; 82 Bewertungen)
In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has recently been expelled from Oxford; his younger brother, Gerald, is about to enter Cambridge; and the youngest, nineteen-year old Lady Mary, has imprudently formed an attachment to Francis Tregear, who, while certainly a gentleman, unfortunately has no income. Before her death, Glencora knew (and approved) of her daughter's attachment; the Duke, however, does not know of it, and is not at all likely to approve. Mrs. Finn (the former Marie Goesler), who was Glencora's closest friend, learns from Mary of her love for Tregear, and is faced with the question of either keeping silent, thus breaking faith with the Duke (who has entrusted Lady Mary to her care) or telling the Duke, and breaking faith with Mary herself.
Somewhat later Lord Silverbridge himself forms an attachment to an unsuitable (because American!) girl. The Duke, whose overriding passions in life are politics and the decimalization of English currency, finds himself facing the problems brought by his children, which now have to be resolved without their mother's help. It is, in short, a novel about the generation gap, and though Trollope would never have used the term, he was obviously familiar with the problem.
(Summary Nicholas Clifford)
The other Palliser novels are
1 - Can You Forgive Her?
2 - Phineas Finn, the Irish Member
3 - The Eustace Diamonds
4 - Phineus Redux
5 - The Prime Minister
6 - The Duke's Children (22 hr 38 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
perfect title fits the story
Jan
(5 Sterne)
it does not come as a surprise to me that I'm rating this as a five star I would rate it 10 if could be as I think Anthony trollop is one of the better writers and Nicholas Clifford is an awesome narrator as always he captured me from the very first sentence and held me tight through the end even though it was interrupted by others who were mostly all very very good
IS THERE LIFE AFTER LADY GLENCORA ?
AVID READER
(4,5 Sterne)
Yes, but it is not nearly so exciting. This series was well worth the lengthy time. I was surprised that Mrs. Finn did not arrange for her unaccepted legacy from the old Duke to go to Lady Mary.
IVANO RUGGERI
(5 Sterne)
The final and last of the Paliser series. The usual Trollopian plot of parental angst and generational conflict, in the world of the privileged aristocratic classes: a million miles from the gritty, heart wrenching, realism, of Charles Dickens.
lovely end to the series
Jess
(5 Sterne)
Great job on the reading—all of the readers did a fine job! My favorites are Nicholas Clifford, Piper Hayes, and Phillips. Trollope at his best!