- Paperback: 413 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (1 Jun 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192818058
- ISBN-13: 978-0192818058
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.9 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 505,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One Ralph Newton is a ne'er-do-well; the other is illegitimate. One must inherit the family property, but will social convention triumph over just deserts? Rich in hunting senes, love plots, and Radical politics, this tale of crossed inheritance combines the darker hues and confident social criticism of Trollope's later writing with passages of autobiography and broad comedy. This is the only annotated student edition available. This book is intended for general, Trollope fans, students of Victorian literature, and the Victorian legal scene.
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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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Ralph the Heir,
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This review is from: Ralph the Heir (Nonsuch Classics) (Paperback)
In my view Trollope's second or third best book, although the experts wouldn't agree with me.It has everything that Trollope is famous for-pace,involvement,historical interest, and humour-but to a large degree.Michael Harris
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Not quite as bad as Trollope thought it - but not great either,
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This review is from: Ralph the Heir (Nonsuch Classics) (Paperback)
This is essentially the story of Good Ralph (the natural son of a certain Gregory Newton) and Bad Ralph (Ralph the Heir). Since Gregory Newton's estate is settled, he cannot leave it to Good Ralph, who has all the virtues of a squire to be. Instead it must fall to Ralph the Heir, who has run up mountains of debt in anticipation of his expectations, and considers the land as no more significant than being a route to financial stability. Driven to extremity he proves his utter unfitness by agreeing to marry his tailor's daughter - and then when she prefers honest worth in the form of a radical tailor sinks lower still: he actually agrees to sell the reversion to Gregory, thereby enabling Good Ralph to inherit. Gregory's untimely death prevent this harmonious plan from coming to fruition and Good Ralph is left to find his feet (and of course tue love) in another place, while Ralph the Heir reaps his due reward....
Apparently Trollope thought this one of the worst novels he ever wrote. I think that his view is a little harsh, but it does have little to commend it except to the hard core Trollope fan. For those who like his political obsession, this is the book in which you can find an almost autobiographical account of his own experience as an unsuccessful political candidate. It is also fascinating in attitides to illegitimacy, the social value of land to the Victorian mind (Ralph loses considerable status simply by agreeing to sell the reversion, and never quite regains it) and in the intricacies of settled land.
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Nonsuch Classics are poor quality productions, in my opinion.,
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This review is from: Ralph the Heir (Nonsuch Classics) (Paperback)
I bought a copy of The Vicar of Bullhampton last year. I was unable to read it because of the smallness of the type and the fact that it was full of errors. It was so bad I threw the book away rather than let someone else try and read it. Very poor.
Ralph the heir is a great read but get another edition, that's my advice.
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