- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (Sep 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192818465
- ISBN-13: 978-0192818461
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 11.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 301,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This novel, written in 1864 and first published in 1865, follows the fortunes of a middle-aged spinster "overwhelmed with money troubles", as she tries to assess the worth and motives of four very different suitors. In "Miss Mackenzie", Trollope made a deliberate attempt "to prove that a novel may be produced without love", by choosing as his heroine an unattractive, middle-aged woman, but as he admits in his autobiography, even in "this attempt it breaks down before the conclusion" and she was in love by the end of the book and made a romantic marriage. At the same time, Trollope also gives a comic portrait of evangelical society in a provincial watering-place. The editor, A.O.J. Cockshut is author of "Truth to life" and "Art of autobiography" as well as studies of Trollope, Dickens and Scott, and the chronology is by John Halperin.
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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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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Trollope's gentle satire wins through here.,
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This review is from: Miss Mackenzie (World's Classics) (Paperback)
Anthony Trollope spends so much time doing the things that well-meaning creative writing profesors now tell one never to do--his editorial voice peppers each novel, he avoids subtle foreshadowing in favor of telling you essentially what will happen next, and he consistently drives plot towards a theme. Yet Trollope, a consummate Victorian, seems intrinsically modern whereas many more "literarily correct" modern humorists grow antique in a week or less. The secret, of course, is character, an eye and an ear for class distinctions, and a skewering wit combined with tremendous fellow-feeling for the foibles of his characters. Miss MacKenzie contains much of Trollope at his best--the title character is a beautifully observed genteel poor spinster-to-be suddenly visited with the misfortune of fortune. The author assiduously exposes flaw after flaw in Miss MacKenzie and her social milieu, and yet we like her better for the harsh light. In this world of tremendous unkindness, it is nice to remember that one can be honest without being brutal. Trollope, a writer of genial works of whimsy, brings the quiet honesty of literary fiction home safely here.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Trollope on top form in a shorter novel.,
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This review is from: Miss Mackenzie (Complete Novels of Anthony Trollope) (Hardcover)
This is one of Trollope's best shorter novels. Miss Mackenzie is an excellently drawn character and the psychology is very good - the odious narcissism of Lady Ball, the self deception of the unquenchable Mr Maquire, and the stolid, if weak, John Ball. And many others too. The plot is splendid (splendid but not intricate- just good). Prosaic, ordinary and very good and often very funny - an excellent read. If you like this try Doctor Wortles School, another good short novel by Trollope.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope,
By Janet M (Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Miss Mackenzie (Paperback)
This book was a "neglected" classic chosen by Radio 4 recently. We read it in my book group and we thought it was great, and should not be neglected. It is a wonderful story about a put upon spinster who inherits money and is subsequently pursued by numerous suiters. It is full of great characters, often with names reflecting their work eg Mr Slow the lawyer and Mr Rubb the tradesperson. There is an intriguing twist in the middle, just as you are wondering how Trollope is going to keep the story going for another 200 pages. He does!
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