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'Woe to the vanquished!....The devil take the hindmost'Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, The Bertrams examines the doctrine of competition and the survival of the fittest in Victorian society through the contrasted careers of three young Oxford graduates. Its principal, moving story concerns the tragic confusion of the brilliant young scholar, George Bertram, radically at odds with the ethos of the age, and torn between youthful idealism and love for the regal, ambitious…
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- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1432531166
- ISBN-13: 9781432531164
- Format: 21 x 27.9 x 4.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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'Woe to the vanquished!....The devil take the hindmost'Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, The Bertrams examines the doctrine of competition and the survival of the fittest in Victorian society through the contrasted careers of three young Oxford graduates. Its principal, moving story concerns the tragic confusion of the brilliant young scholar, George Bertram, radically at odds with the ethos of the age, and torn between youthful idealism and love for the regal, ambitious Caroline Waddington. Trollope explores their tortured relationship and their perversely self-destructive motivation. The exotic middle-eastern settings allow some splendidly comic observation of the English abroad, but the vigour of the novel's ideas depends on its also being located in a period of political excitement at home, occasioned by the repeal of the Corn Laws, and of controversy surrounding the new theology. Trollope brings to bear on his theme an acute historical sense, psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy, making The Bertrams one of his most remarkable novels.
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- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1432531166
- ISBN-13: 9781432531164
- Format: 21 x 27.9 x 4.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
'Woe to the vanquished!....The devil take the hindmost'
Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, The Bertrams examines the doctrine of competition and the survival of the fittest in Victorian society through the contrasted careers of three young Oxford graduates. Its principal, moving story concerns the tragic confusion of the brilliant young scholar, George Bertram, radically at odds with the ethos of the age, and torn between youthful idealism and love for the regal, ambitious Caroline Waddington. Trollope explores their tortured relationship and their perversely self-destructive motivation. The exotic middle-eastern settings allow some splendidly comic observation of the English abroad, but the vigour of the novel's ideas depends on its also being located in a period of political excitement at home, occasioned by the repeal of the Corn Laws, and of controversy surrounding the new theology. Trollope brings to bear on his theme an acute historical sense, psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy, making The Bertrams one of his most remarkable novels.
Published in the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, The Bertrams examines the doctrine of competition and the survival of the fittest in Victorian society through the contrasted careers of three young Oxford graduates. Its principal, moving story concerns the tragic confusion of the brilliant young scholar, George Bertram, radically at odds with the ethos of the age, and torn between youthful idealism and love for the regal, ambitious Caroline Waddington. Trollope explores their tortured relationship and their perversely self-destructive motivation. The exotic middle-eastern settings allow some splendidly comic observation of the English abroad, but the vigour of the novel's ideas depends on its also being located in a period of political excitement at home, occasioned by the repeal of the Corn Laws, and of controversy surrounding the new theology. Trollope brings to bear on his theme an acute historical sense, psychological insight, trenchant satire, and deft social comedy, making The Bertrams one of his most remarkable novels.
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