The Duke's Children

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ID8098973
AuthorsAnthony Trollope (corresponding author), Charles Mozley, Hermione Lee
EditorsKatherine Mullin (0000-0002-4264-3552), Francis O'Gorman
Year2011
Pages624
Publication date2011-08-11
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDuke's Children (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/owc/9780199578382.001.0001
OpenAlexW1508172741
Open LibraryOL28457162M
ISBN9780199578382
LanguageEN
Citations received11

I do not know that one ought to be surprised at anything.’ The Duke of Omnium is overwhelmed by the death of his vivacious wife, Lady Glencora. Once the British Prime Minister, he is now in sole charge of his three wilful children. Lord Gerald has been sent down from University; Lord Silverbridge has defected from the Liberal cause of his father's party to the Conservative, and is badly in debt; Lady Mary has fallen in love with Frank Tregear, a commoner with a will of iron but no money. The Duke, troubled and without easy relationships with any of his children, tries to impose his own will. But the result seems to move the novel towards calamity. Searching the great topics of compromise and principle, of obedience and dissent, of personal integrity and the conflicts between generations, The Duke's Children is a domestic story with far-reaching political issues at stake. It is a fitting end to the Palliser series, one of the most remarkable achievements of British fiction. 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

Compromise · Dissent · Globe · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Wife · Classics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Psychology · British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) · Conflict of generations · Family & Relationships · Fiction · Long Now Manual for Civilization · Nobility · Parent and adult child · Plantagenet Palliser (Fictitious character) · Prime ministers · Widowers

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