Ayala and her sister Lucy are penniless orphans whose relations seem to know what is best for them. Ayala is taken by the family of their uncle, but riches can't tempt her and Lucy moves to an unfashionable part of London, where she tries to accept a world of genteel poverty.
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As young adult, Trollope endured seven years of poverty in the General Post Office in London before accepting a better-paying position as postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland in 1841. The years in Ireland formed the basis of his second career delineating clerical life in small cathedral towns.
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"Anthony Trollope (1815-82) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire, but he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and
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Ayala's Angel is much lighter and more lyric than many of Trollope's novels. Ayala is a dreamer, and Trollope wants us to respect her for that. The pace and the humor are typical Trollope. I enjoyed it very much, though it's hardly his most profound commentary.
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I love Anthony Trollope's stories. When I ordered Ayala's Angel I thought I was buying the standard size paperback. This edition is larger (7x9") which is less practical to carry around and the printing is of poor quality, smudged and sometimes hard to read. I'm going to stay away from this type of paperback. But the story itself is a great portrait of an idealist, a dreamer in situations unlike any one could find oneself at present. But then, Trollope is a wonderful escape into a world of romance, harsh reality and limited possibilities for women. And you can't beat the good ending.
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To contradict what one reviewer said, this volume ISBN 0192817477, 694 pages NOT not the only third of three volumes; it's the entire novel of Ayala's Angel, which is one of my favorites - and I've read nearly three dozen Trollope novels. In this one his heroine is younger than most of his heroines, and lost in the romantic ideal, to the detriment of learning to love who is in front of her. But as he so often does, Trollope excels in taking us into his heroine's mind, viewing life from her perspective, while creating other fully believable characters as well. This novel is a delight!
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When Egbert Dormer died he left his two daughters utterly penniless upon the world, and it must be said of Egbert Dormer that nothing else could have been expected of him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sir Thomas, Lady Albury, Lady Tringle, Colonel Stubbs, Aunt Emmeline, Captain Batsby, Merle Park, Sir Harry, Kingsbury Crescent, Queen's Gate, Frank Houston, Jonathan Stubbs, Angel of Light, Lombard Street, Uncle Tom, Tom Tringle, Aunt Margaret, Miss Dormer, Uncle Reginald, Isadore Hamel, Septimus Traffick, Larry Twentyman, Ayala Dormer, Lady Rufford, Lord Boardotrade New!
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When Egbert Dormer died he left his two daughters utterly penniless upon the world, and it must be said of Egbert Dormer that nothing else could have been expected of him. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sir Thomas, Lady Albury, Lady Tringle, Colonel Stubbs, Aunt Emmeline, Captain Batsby, Merle Park, Sir Harry, Kingsbury Crescent, Queen's Gate, Frank Houston, Jonathan Stubbs, Angel of Light, Lombard Street, Uncle Tom, Tom Tringle, Aunt Margaret, Miss Dormer, Uncle Reginald, Isadore Hamel, Septimus Traffick, Larry Twentyman, Ayala Dormer, Lady Rufford, Lord Boardotrade New!
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