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Doctor Thorne - A Barsetshire Novel

Anthony Trollope

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

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Summary

In Dr.Thorne, the third of the six Barchester novels, Trollope moves outside the cathedral close to follow the fortunes of Dr Thorne, an upright and principled country doctor, and his niece Mary. She falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to the heavily mortgaged Greshambury estate, but he is constrained in his choices by the need to marry well so that he can restore the family fortunes.
 
Joanna Trollope, the best-selling novelist of the 1990s, pays tribute to her distinguished forbear in a delightful introduction.
Available since: 10/20/2014.

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