- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (20 Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750914122
- ISBN-13: 978-0750914123
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 588,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1847. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Sir Joseph Lexington marked this, and gloried in his ally. Was this then a moment to turn Mr. Lennox, his wife, son, daughter, and nurserymaids out of the house by main force, with an imperative command that they never should enter it again? Yet this was most assuredly the measure which first suggested itself; and lucky was it for Sir Joseph that his habitual politeness prevented his anger from bursting forth in this fatal manner before he had made his escape from the drawing-room. The first blessed ten minutes of soup, sherry, and tranquillity, seemed to restore him to life and reason. He actually shuddered when he thought how very near he had been to quarrelling a foutrance with such a man as Mr. Lennox! He remembered well the time when the third George, as well-intentioned a monarch and a man as this poor world ever saw, might have said with equal truth and joy, I trust I have within my realm Five hundred good as he. But this could be said no longer!" The time was past....Their day had fled....His stanch old brethren all were dead!"....And had he indeed almost chid from him this last, best, and most faithful of friends? The thought of the danger he had run rendered him more blandly kind, more warmly hospitable towards him than he had ever felt before; and when he sent a glass of champagne to him by the butler, he drank to his health in return for the smile with which it was received, with a nearer approach to good-humour than he had probably felt for the last forty or fifty years. And thus, to the great relief of the frightened Frederic, the dinner passed off well.... But, nevertheless, Sir Joseph was wise enough to distrust himself on some points; and even while listening to the drawling communications of Mrs. Lennox, with an air that might have satisfied Lo...
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Who will get the old man's money?, 17 May 2011
By Patto - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Three Cousins (Pocket Classics) (Paperback)
This is one of my all-time-favorite novels. Written in 1847, it gives a fascinating picture of the family politics of inheritance in nineteenth-century England. It offers a delicious entanglement of love stories. And the wonderful characters exhibit a plethora of charms and absurdities. Wicked schemes and noble impulses abound.
The three cousins are Mrs. Morrison, a mature, good-natured bishop's wife; Mrs. Cobhurst, a pretty, calculating widow; and Laura Lexington, a lovely, talented teenage heroine without a penny who is living happily and obscurely with her poor old grandmother.
Yet Laura may someday be a great heiress, if her father, Edward Lexington, fails to remarry. Mr. Edward Lexington, a ruined rake, is impatiently awaiting the death of Sir Joseph Lexington so that he can inherit the vast, entailed Lexington estate.
A sharp mixture of "mustard and vinegar," Sir Joseph delights in tormenting the people he hates and manipulating those he loves. Several anxious relatives are silently observing the old man's appetite, naps and moods, wondering how much longer he can possibly live (he's ninety-two).
Also in the picture is handsome, melancholy Frederick Lexington, natural son of Sir Joseph. Whether Sir Joseph hates or loves Frederick is a mystery.
These are just a few ingredients of a plot rich in sentiment, suspense and social intrigue.
Fanny Trollope, who turned to literature to support her large family, experienced all sorts of financial worries in her life. She writes with keen insight into the woes of genteel poverty.
Since good editions of Fanny Trollope's novels are getting increasingly rare, I'd urge lovers of nineteenth-century fiction to buy them all, whenever they turn up. Fanny Trollope's satiric portrayals of human foibles are among the great moments in English literature.
This Pocket Classics edition of The Three Cousins has the advantage of an excellent introduction by Teresa Ransom summarizing Fanny Trollope's remarkable life.
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