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Can You Forgive Her? Volume 1

Author
Anthony Trollope
Read by
Raphael Croft
Language
English
Length
8 hours 23 minutes
ISBN
9781802564235
Published
25 March 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Victorian society
  • romance
  • self-discovery
  • societal expectations
  • love triangle
  • political intrigue
  • personal ambition
  • female protagonist
  • emotional conflict
  • marriage choices

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Description

The story explores themes of love, duty, and societal expectations through the choices of its spirited heroine, Alice Vavasor. Torn between two suitors—her ambitious but unreliable cousin George and the steadfast yet conventional John Grey—Alice struggles to reconcile her desires with societal pressures. Meanwhile, subplots involving Lady Glencora’s arranged marriage and Mr. Cheesacre’s romantic rivalry add depth and humor. Trollope’s sharp social commentary and rich characterizations delve into the complexities of relationships and morality. With wit and empathy, the novel questions whether society can forgive those who defy its norms in pursuit of happiness.

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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