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When Louis and Emily Trevalyan exchanged wedding vows on a day that seemed to mark the beginning of a blissful union, little could they foresee the trials that would face them in their first year of marriage. As Anthony Trollepe slowly peels away the layers of Victorian propriety, a variety of colorful characters are revealed, including a colonel of questionable morals who makes unwholesome advances to the newlywed bride.
As the fans that fuel Louis' jealousy soon give way to a raging inferno, the dejected groom rejects his wife and newborn son leading to a tragic bid to destroy everything in the world that he loves. Bill Nighy as Colonel Osborne. Laura Fraser as Emily. Jul 02, Captain Sir Roddy, R. This is a terrific novel! Okay, having said that though, I have to admit that the primary tale of the disintegration of the Trevelyan's marriage through the increasing madness of Louis Trevelyan because of his belief that his wife was cheating on him did become a bit tiresome after a while.
I was much more engaged in the lives and affairs of all of the novel's other characters. But I think Trollope wrote the novel generally knowing that this response would occur in each of his readers. In other This is a terrific novel! In other words, the portrayal of the hell that was the Trevelyan marriage is superbly counter-balanced by the wonderful romantic relationships and eventual marriages that spring up among many of the other characters.
The 'dark-comedy' of the French sisters and the cleric, Mr.
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Gibson, was priceless and almost felt like something that Dickens would have crafted. Oh, and for all of you Palliser fans, there was one, and only one, reference to a party at which Lady Glencora attended. I love how Trollope drops those little tidbits into his novels! Solid 4 of 5 stars for me. Jan 25, Mary Beth rated it really liked it. Trollope has a perceptive understanding concerning how men and women especially husbands and wives relate to one another and the tendencies to certain trespasses concerning communication to each other. Trollope prevails in his psychological portraits while simul Trollope has a perceptive understanding concerning how men and women especially husbands and wives relate to one another and the tendencies to certain trespasses concerning communication to each other.
Trollope prevails in his psychological portraits while simultaneously engrossing you in rich story telling. At first the story struck me as though alternate, extended versions of a small event and a similar situation in Vanity Fair - with Colonel Osbourne somehow reprising the role of the Marquis of Steyne, whose intimacy with Becky Sharp brought trouble between her and her husband Rawdon. In Trollopes novel Louis Trevelyan is driven over the egde by jealousy of the Colonel and obduracy towards his wife Emily he banishes her from his house, hires a detective to spy on her, arranges to kidnap their ch At first the story struck me as though alternate, extended versions of a small event and a similar situation in Vanity Fair - with Colonel Osbourne somehow reprising the role of the Marquis of Steyne, whose intimacy with Becky Sharp brought trouble between her and her husband Rawdon.
Then, if you condone me a quick, last digression to crown my argument, approaching the end of Can You Forgive Her? And yet, in He Knew He Was Right Trollope did manage to merge the roots from which it stemmed while ministering his own style freely to make it flourish. Jul 15, Arukiyomi rated it liked it Shelves: Trollope has done no one any favours by distracting from what could have been an important novel.
When Louis Trevelyan suspects his wife Emily of emotional adultery with Colo When Louis Trevelyan suspects his wife Emily of emotional adultery with Colonel Osbourne, an old family friend, the situation quickly gets out of hand. Each spouse, when given the opportunity to pour water on the flames, decides instead to pour aviation fuel. The resulting conflagration not only costs them their marital harmony, it drives one of them out of their mind. Trollope could have developed so much around this storyline. All of these he deals with, but without plumbing the depths of any of them.
Again, I feel Trollope missed an opportunity here. So, while I welcome this rare glimpse into the reality of a disintegrating marriage in Victorian literature, Trollope has done no one any favours by distracting from what could have been an important novel. Jan 12, Richard Smith rated it it was amazing. I've read some 20 of Trollope's novels, but this is the first one I've read twice. For me this is one of Trollope's best, if not the best--a study of pathological jealousy with lots of fun, mainly thwarted love affairs that come right, thrown in.
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I cared a lot about many of the characters, and enjoyed the usual array of strong minded women and gormless men. The non-judgmental, mildly amused tone of the books is attractive, which is why Trollope is so loved and "such a comfort. Feb 20, Sara rated it it was amazing Shelves: Anthony Trollope is one of my favorite authors - he writes with such familiarity that you get sucked right into the story, no matter what it is. Apr 16, Helynne rated it it was amazing. Despite its length 99 chapters and myriads of characters and subplots, this is a smooth, easy and compelling read, beautifully written.
This is the kind of book that should be savored in a second and probably third read. The title of the novel comes from the attitude of young Louis Trevelyan, who loves his wife Emily and their small son, but who cannot quell his suspicions when she receives inno Despite its length 99 chapters and myriads of characters and subplots, this is a smooth, easy and compelling read, beautifully written.
The title of the novel comes from the attitude of young Louis Trevelyan, who loves his wife Emily and their small son, but who cannot quell his suspicions when she receives innocent visits from Colonel Osborne, an old family friend. He had abandoned everything that he valued in the world, and had made himself wretched in every affair of life, because he could not submit to acknowledge to himself the possibility of error on his own part.
There must be newspapers, and the people trained to write them must be employed. I have been at it now about two years. You know what I earn. Could I have got so far in so short a time as a lawyer, a doctor, a clergyman, a soldier, a sailor, a Government clerk, or in any of those employments which you choose to call professions?
I think that is urging a great deal. I think it is urging everything.
Gibson, who is simultaneously being pursued by two local birdbrained sisters, Camilla and Arabella French with some near-homicidal consequences. Dorothy, meanwhile, has met the man of her dreams, but the aunt will not hear of their union. Jemima at least has the endearing quality of being able to admit more than once when she is wrong, and ends up exhibiting the proverbial heart of gold. The convoluted plot of the novel will follow several of the key characters to Italy and back to England before the story resolves itself happily for most of them, but not for all.
There is also a stint in Florence where the Trevelyans, Rowleys, Stanburys and Glascocks meet some American friends, and the conversation dwells upon social differences of people on both sides of the Atlantic and how unlikely it is that there could be a successful intercultural marriage. Predictably, there will be such a marriage, but not before there is a lot of doubt and hand-wringing about its viability. An intriguing, though not particularly sympathetic, character is the American poetess Miss Wallachia Petrie, whose feminist ideas are ahead of her time, but which put her on the outs with the majority of more traditional English folk.
Again, this is a marvelous novel and uncommonly enjoyable to read, so five stars to Anthony Trollope for his masterful writing style, for creating such realistic and compelling characters and for intertwining their stories so skillfully together. At first I was worried that this novel would be pages of a back and forth argument between a jealous husband and a headstrong wife it is actually that - SPOILER ALERT- almost to the last page , but it is interspersed with several parallel story lines, almost all to do with marriage and courtship.
And when about 50 pages in to the story I was introduced to Miss Stansbury, I knew this book would be a winner.
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The increasingly serious and tragic story in the title is tempered by the humor and romance of the other narratives. And I loved Miss Stansbury as a character. She can be petty and obstinate, but she is also warm-hearted deep down and very, very funny. So, over all a really enjoyable and page turning read, in particular all the scenes in Essex, where Miss Stanbury lives.
I always say I hate romance, but I sure loved this book which was virtually nothing but romance. I am a little sorry that Colonel Osborn did not get his comeuppance; I will just have to invent one off the page. No doubt, a few years later, he becomes completely obscure, no woman finds him charming and he dies a sorry, solitary death.
Apr 16, Morris rated it really liked it. I'm not really reading the printed edition by John Sutherland but an iBooks edition, I forget which, that isn't on the goodreads list. But it's complete with the original illustrations and a text fairly free of typos. I'd recommend the edition for iPad readers--I'd rather have Sutherland's edition. I've read a few other T novels and have yet to fi I'm not really reading the printed edition by John Sutherland but an iBooks edition, I forget which, that isn't on the goodreads list. For me, Trollope zips right along--I don't feel the reaction that I find so often in the goodreads reviews, that Trollope is repetitive, wordy, tedious, etc.
Trollope I take only in a few pages at a time--and maybe that accounts for my nonchalance?
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Oct 05, Jilly Gagnon rated it it was ok. One day I thought to myself "Trollope, there's an author I haven't ever tried on for size. Of all the verbose Victorians, Trollope is, to me, the one whose "paid by the word" status is most painfully obvious. I like Dickens to ramble on - with this tiring tome and it is a tome - some pages I was just bored.
I am a compulsive book-finisher, which means when I hate One day I thought to myself "Trollope, there's an author I haven't ever tried on for size. I am a compulsive book-finisher, which means when I hate a book, I get slowed down on my reading. This book took me a full month and a half to plow through. There were portions worth their salt, to be sure. Unfortunately there was some extraneous pages stuffed around said portions.
Jan 02, Ellie rated it it was amazing Shelves: I so loved this book: Good solid prose as always, well-balanced but more passionate and angry than any of his others. One of my top 25 favorites of all books, ever so far. Recommended to rabbitprincess by: He falls in love with the governor's eldest daughter, Emily, and proposes marriage. He also proposes to take her sister Nora to England with them so that Emily has company. All is well, right? Trevelyan gets himself all in a lather because Osborne keeps coming to call, even though Emily has not given him a single reason to be jealous or suspicious; his suspicions come entirely from what he FEARS will happen and are fuelled by the gossip and speculation of others.
So instead of just ignoring Osborne or treating him with excessive politeness, he treats Emily like she's already cheated on him and arranges a divorce and sends her away, all while moaning about how HE is being hard done by. Never mind that HE, as a man in Victorian society, at least has the opportunity to get a job; Emily is much more dependent on him, so her suffering is much worse.
Also never mind that acting the way he does simply makes the gossip and speculation worse. As you may have guessed from my summary, I have little sympathy for Louis Trevelyan. He had plenty of opportunities to apologize to his wife for making her feel like a disgraced woman, but instead he chose to be high-handed and authoritarian. Even Trollope himself was reportedly not very fond of this book, because of its protagonist. But I must give Trollope proper credit for creating a character that is able to provoke such a reaction, and the rest of the book was perfectly acceptable, hence the three-star rating.
I would recommend this more to people who are less easily annoyed by fictional characters. If you're interested in the story but don't want to slog through the book, the TV adaptation featuring Bill Nighy as Colonel Osborne will do the job nicely. Trollope is unjustly overlooked when top 19th-century novelists are mentioned. He Knew He Was Right is an novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife.
As is common with Trollope's works, there are also several substantial subplots. Trollope makes constant allusions to Shakespeare 's Othello throughout the novel. A wealthy young English gentleman, Louis Trevelyan, visits the fictional Mandarin Islands, a distant British possession, and becomes smitten with Emily Rowley, the eldest daughter of the governor, Sir Marmaduke Rowley.
The Rowleys accompany Trevelyan to London, where he marries Emily. When the rest of the family goes home, Emily's sister Nora remains behind, under Trevelyan's protection. The marriage is initially a happy one and the couple have a baby boy. Then a seemingly minor matter undermines their marriage. Colonel Osborne, an old friend of Sir Marmaduke's, visits Emily much too frequently for her husband's taste.
Though nothing improper occurs, Trevelyan orders his wife to avoid the man in future. Emily resents his lack of trust and makes no attempt to hide it. Their relationship deteriorates to the point that they separate. Meanwhile, Nora attracts two admirers, the wealthy Charles Glascock, the eldest son and heir of Lord Peterborough, and Hugh Stanbury, a close friend of Trevelyan's from their days at Oxford University. Stanbury ekes out a precarious living writing newspaper articles. Glascock proposes to Nora, but despite the fact that Stanbury has given no indication of his feelings for her, she rejects the future nobleman, not without a great deal of struggle and much to the dismay of her friends.
Another subplot involves Jemima Stanbury, the capricious, formidable spinster aunt of Hugh.
In her youth, she had been engaged to the eldest son of a leading banker. They had had a falling out and parted company, but upon his demise, he had left everything to her, making her very wealthy. Aware of the poverty of Hugh's branch of the family, she had generously paid for his education and helped him get a start in life. However, when he chose to work for what she considered to be a radical publication, the staunch Tory withdrew her support.
She then offers to accept one of Hugh's sisters as a companion. After some debate, timid, unassertive Dorothy Stanbury is sent.