Ayala's Angel

Name: Ayala's Angel
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781787247604

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: Timeless Classic
Language: English
Length: 604 pages
ISBN: 9781787247604
Published: 9 August 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

orphan
romance
societal expectations
Victorian era
family dynamics
love
matchmaking
inheritance
personal desire
social conventions

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Description

"Ayala's Angel" by Anthony Trollope is a tale of romance and societal expectations, focusing on the life of Ayala Dormer after she is left orphaned. Sent to live with her wealthy aunt, Ayala's imaginative and romantic nature clashes with her new family’s more materialistic lifestyle. Dreaming of an angelic lover, she navigates through proposals and suitors, reflecting the Victorian pursuit of a suitable match. Trollope's narrative delves into the struggles between personal desire and the realities of social conventions, providing a thoughtful exploration of aspirations and identity.

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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