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THE DUKE'S CHILDREN (one of set)
por ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Usado
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Livreiro
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este item
Between 1864 and 1979, the great British author Anthony Trollope wrote 6 books called The Palliser Novels. They revolve around the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser and his wife, Lady Glencora, and they cover the sweep of Victorian society. They are considered satire and parody of English life, and criticism of the British government's predilection for attracting corrupt and corruptible people to power.
In 1977, Oxford University Press released The Palliser Novels in separate 5" x 7 1/2" volumes. I have the full set: Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, Phineas Redux, The Duke's Children, The Prime Minister and The Eustace Diamonds. You can buy as many as you like--please contact me first so I can combine the shipping. If you want the whole set, please contact me.
The Duke's Children is #6 in the series. It is illustrated by the English artist Charles Mozley. The novel deals with the duke losing his political position, and being suddenly widowed and having to deal with his difficult children, who he's been too busy to get to know well.
The book is in excellent condition, except that several of the pages at the front have significant puckering--there is no smell but the book must have become damp at some point. The dust jacket has minor shelfwear. But the pages are nice and white and the binding is tight.
Sinopse
Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. Sent down from university in disgrace, his two sons quickly begin to run up gambling debts. His only daughter, meanwhile, longs passionately to marry the poor son of a county squire against her father's will. But while the Duke's dearest wishes for the three are thwarted one by one, he ultimately comes to understand that parents can learn from their own children. The final volume in the Palliser novels, The Duke's Children (1880) is a compelling exploration of wealth, pride and ultimately the strength of love.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 1516
- Título
- THE DUKE'S CHILDREN (one of set)
- Autor
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- Ilustrador
- Charles Mozley
- Formato/Encadernação
- Perfect
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good+
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Local de publicação
- United Kingdom
- Data de publicação
- 1977
- Páginas
- 643
- Dimensão
- 5" x 7 1/2"
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Victorian England, Pallister Novels, Plantagenet Palliser, Glencora, Duke of Omnium
- Catálogos de livreiros
- British Society; Politics; British Fiction;
Termos da venda
Louise Aird
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Sobre o Vendedor
Louise Aird
Membro de Biblio desde 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Sobre Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossário
Alguns termos que podem ser usados ??nesta descrição incluem:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
