Dr. Wortle's school.
Dr. Wortle's school.
Alternate Title
:
Doctor Wortle's school
By
:
Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882.
Publication Date
:
1984
Subject Term
:
Americans -- England -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Extortion -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Geographic Term
:
England -- Fiction.
Series
:
WORLD'S CLASSICS
WORLD'S CLASSICS.
Additional Contributors
:
Halperin, John, 1941-
Summary
:
Mr Peacocke, a Classical scholar, has come to Broughtonshire with his beautiful American wife to live as a schoolmaster. But when the blackmailing brother of her first husband - a reprobate from Louisiana - appears at the school gates, a dreadful secret is revealed and the county is scandalized. Ostracised by the community, the pair seem trapped in a hopeless situation - until the combative but warm-hearted headmaster of the school, Dr Wortle, offers his support, and Mr Peacocke embarks upon a journey to America that he hopes will lay to rest the accusations once and for all. A perceptive exploration of Victorian morality, Dr Wortle's School (1881) also contains echoes of Trollope's own life, and his personal affection for the vivacious Bostonian Kate Field
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780192816733
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction - Basement | 823.87 T74 | Checked In |