An Old Man's Love

Name: An Old Man's Love
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781787247482

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: Timeless Classic
Language: English
Length: 180 pages
ISBN: 9781787247482
Published: 7 August 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

Anthony Trollope
Palliser
Parliamentary
Victorian
social
political
gender
sensual
awakening
love

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Description

"An Old Man's Love" by Anthony Trollope follows the poignant and unconventional journey of William Whittlestaff, a wealthy and aging gentleman, as he navigates the complexities of love and companionship later in life. The story begins with William Whittlestaff, a respected and well-to-do man in his autumn years, living a solitary life at Croker's Hall. Having lost his beloved wife long ago, he resigns himself to a life of contented bachelorhood. However, the arrival of Mary Lawrie, the daughter of a dear friend, stirs unexpected emotions within him.

Author

Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) spent his days as a Post Office surveyor and his early hours at the novel — a clerk's discipline that produced an English county of clergy and a later London of money. Barchester Towers is the church as weather: preferment, gossip, a bishop's wife. The Way We Live Now is the same eye on speculation and the social lie. He wrote without apology for the method. Church, vote, and marriage sit in the same air.

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