KEV67 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Apparently John Major's favourite book, at least at one time. I am still not quite half way through. I was about 1% concerned that the most likeable characters in the book would end up marrying the wrong people, but I very much doubt Anthony Trollope would allow that to happen. Attitudes to marriage were much stricter in them days, particularly among the upper and middle classes. You could not mess people about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 I am not sure I rate Anthony Trollope in all honesty. The Way We Live Now was a good book. I think The Warden, the first in the Barchester Chronicles, had the merit of being different. Church politics does not come up that much in literature. The Little House at Allington strikes me as a C19th airport book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
France Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I don't enjoy reading Trollope, too wordy, but listening to him being read by Timothy West is another matter entirely! Absolute enjoyment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 I can imagine Timothy West narrating well. He does not stumble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Actually, I am wondering whether the book has started to find its subject. Framley Parsonage centred around a man who was not bad, but weak. This book, possibly centres around a man who is neither weak, nor bad, but vacillating, self-centred and shallow. I sort of feel for him. I did not like him, but since the author has started to report things from his point of view, I have started to sympathise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Enjoyed reading some of the Palliser novels years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEV67 Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 Actually, it did get better towards the end. Things did not work out as pat as I expected. There were some good descriptions of heart break. I thought the penultimate chapter was particularly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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