The Belton Estate (Complete Novels of Anthony Trollope) [Hardcover]

Anthony Trollope (Author), David Skilton (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 1870587189 | ISBN-13: 978-1870587181 | Publication Date: May 22, 1992

Following a family tragedy, the home of Clara Amedroz passes to a distant cousin, the farmer Will Belton. Clara rejects his proposal of marriage in favour of the dull MP, Captain Aylmer. The theme of the novel is the difficulty of being a spirited woman in a world made for men.

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About the Author

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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 365 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing / Trollope Society (May 22, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870587189
• ISBN-13: 978-1870587181
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,493,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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
conflicts of his day."

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Belton Estate- Heir or Error Apparent?, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: The Belton Estate (Paperback)

This novel of Trollope's poses his usual question: will the middle class heroine find true love in spite of various social/emotional conflicts? In this case his poverty-stricken heroine has two suiters and must decide between the one she loves and the one who loves her. The dilemma is a tricky one since the man she loves has culture and wealth and breeding but no strong feelings for her; while the rougher and uncultured man who loves her is truly devoted to her. Trollope has written better paced novels but this one does hold the reader until the solution is reached.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful story, lousy copy, January 9, 2008

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This review is from: The Belton Estate (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

A wonderful story that hooks you right out of the box...with all the usual "you are there" Trollopian visual descriptions. I think that Trollope was one of the world's great novelists and he does not disappoint here. But the publisher! As noted by other reviewers, misspellings, malapropisms and atrocious punctuation abound and really ticked me off considering the price of this book! There is totally no excuse for this slovenly editing. I think it was done by a computer program...another victim of outsourcing. Another thing is that although the listing is for Dodo press, the copy I received from Amazon was from BiblioBazaar!? So the listed publisher is probably not at fault.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good story, but where was the copyeditor?!?, December 23, 2007

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This review is from: The Belton Estate (Paperback)

I'm halfway through this book, and I'm really enjoying it. HOWEVER, the edition I received seems to have been copyedited by preschoolers. Most of the commas are missing, which makes it a challenge to decipher Trollope's often long, meandering sentences. And the text is littered with misspellings. Fortunately, it only took a few chapters for me to get in the rhythm of this comma-deprived edition, and I do like the story. I'd recommend this book only if you're a real Trollope devotee.