Dimensions
130 x 197 x 37mm
Trollope's acclaimed portrayal of the hothouse world of London political intrigue.
Struggling to make his mark among gentlemen and to find a suitably rich and well connected wife, Phineas is an attractive, ambitious and adaptable young Irishman. In a time of radical political agitation, his story reveals both the splendour and absurdity of parliamentary proceedings, the sloganeering, jockeying for position and inevitable compromises of the party system.
Politics may be a glamorous game, but it soon becomes addictive and soul-destroying. Trollope sounds a deeper note in heroines such as Lady Laura, intelligent women constricted by convention, who express a depth of emotion far beyond the hero's range. This brilliantly evokes the conflict between public and private life.
This is the most comprehensive edition available, with introduction, notes, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Trollope's life and times.
