Rachel Ray

Name: Rachel Ray
Author: Anthony Trollope
ISBN: 9781787247611

Author: Anthony Trollope
Series: Timeless Classic
Language: English
Length: 386 pages
ISBN: 9781787247611
Published: 9 August 2018
Imprint: Sovereign

Anthony Trollope
Palliser
Parliamentary
Victorian
social
political
gender
sensual
awakening
love

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Description

"Rachel Ray" by Anthony Trollope offers a delightful exploration of love and societal expectations in Victorian England. Rachel Ray finds herself in the throes of romance with the charming but controversial Luke Rowan, who is fighting to make his mark in the brewing industry. As their relationship unfolds, Rachel must navigate the disapproval of her overly protective mother and the meddling of their small community. Trollope masterfully captures the tension between personal happiness and community pressures, weaving a warm tale of perseverance and love.

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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