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Miss Mackenzie (World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Anthony Trollope (Author), A.O.J. Cockshut (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (Sep 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192818465
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192818461
  • Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 11.6 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 206,607 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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5.0 out of 5 stars Trollope's gentle satire wins through here., 24 April 1999
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A classic Victorian novel, 20 Mar 2006
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Miss Margaret Mackenzie is a lonely young woman when she receives an inheritance after the death of her brother Walter which amounts to £ 800 a year, quite a substantial allowance in the 1860s. Subsequently Margaret moves from London to Littlebath where she takes care of her niece Susanna. Being fair and wealthy, she becomes the object of desire of three gentlemen in particular: her cousin John Ball, Mr Maguire the clergyman and Mr Rubb, junior partner in the company of her brother Tom. Margaret’s destiny changes abruptly when her lawyer tells her that actually Walter’s money is not hers since it was given to her before Jonathan Ball’s death and that it belongs to John Ball.
Mr Trollope casts a critical glance at all the intricacies of the Victorian era: money, social position, marriage and business. Nevertheless, the novel is a suspenseful family saga and the plot is so cleverly constructed that it surpasses many a story written in the 21st century.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Trollope on top form in a shorter novel., 3 April 2000
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This review is from: Miss Mackenzie (The 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.
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