- Hardcover: 204 pages
- Publisher: Norilana Books (14 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1934648388
- ISBN-13: 978-1934648384
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 374,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cousin Henry (1879) by Anthony Trollope, is one of the more non-traditional storylines of its time, subverting expectations and dwelling deeper into the psychology of character. And still it contains all the elements for which the author is so well-loved, the ups and downs, tragedy and joy of relationships, rendered with the sensibility of Jane Austen and the quirky humor of Dickens.
Henry Jones, a vacillating and weak man is faced with the moral dilemma of telling the truth about a lost will in favor of another relative or keeping an inheritance that is not rightfully his.
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As young adult, Trollope endured seven years of poverty in the General Post Office in London before accepting a better-paying position as postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland in 1841. The years in Ireland formed the basis of his second career delineating clerical life in small cathedral towns.
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"I HAVE a conscience, my dear, on this matter," said an old gentleman to a young lady, as the two were sitting in the breakfast parlour of a country house which looked down from the cliffs over the sea on the coast of Carmarthenshire. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Anthony Trollope is an amazing author. One may easily lose courage when picking up the first two - pound novel in a series of five, but after three pages you are helplessly hooked. Usually violent dramatic incidents are rare, but his descriptions of the reflections on moral dilemmas and ethical questions of his characters are extremely interesting. I suppose the secret of it is that the problems and situations that his characters are exposed to are of a kind which we all have or could have experienced.
"Cousin Henry" is no exception: a fairly trivial story of a lost will which is not, after all, quite lost gives rise to a marvellous description of a person who is really more spineless than criminal.
"Cousin Henry" is a must for fans and a good introduction for those who do not yet know Trollope.
Bent Olsen
"Cousin Henry" is no exception: a fairly trivial story of a lost will which is not, after all, quite lost gives rise to a marvellous description of a person who is really more spineless than criminal.
"Cousin Henry" is a must for fans and a good introduction for those who do not yet know Trollope.
Bent Olsen
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The ending of 'Cousin Henry' is all too obvious and the book is drawn out and repetitive to the point of arousing great impatience. It is a slight tale that could have been got through in a hundred pages instead of the nearly three hundred. It is not in the league of Barchester or Palliser, and of the lesser novels 'Rachel Ray' is far superior. 'Cousin Henry' is about procrastination, and procrastination can be awfully boring. I would recommend this book only to those who are anxious to know all of Trollope.
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I have not read anything else by Trollope and believe Cousin Henry to be a lightweight book of fiction. It has a meagre plotline and unconvincing characters. Especially the two cousins: Henry who is universally disliked and Isobel who is universally liked, neither with any outwardly obvious reasons for being so. The moral of society universally condemning a person (Henry) without any substantive reason does not seem particularly enlightening or ground breaking: history is littered with examples, Socrates being one. The narrative was fairly long given the obvious and simple plot and outcome. Henry's weak character as he dithered over his predicament was painfully stretched out. Isobel's headstrong refusal to marry William whether she was rich or poor seemed ridiculous but that may be due to the ridiculous Victorian values held at the time. The book which took 2 months to write seemed like something an experienced author could reel off without too much effort but satisfy the bank balance. On the evidence of Cousin Henry, it is not surprising that the general public's enthusiasm for Trollope was already beginning to wane when this book was written.
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