The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 9781514708880 Books
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This is undoubtedly the age of humanity—as far, at least, as England is concerned. A man who beats his wife is shocking to us, and a colonel who cannot manage his soldiers without having them beaten is nearly equally so. We are not very fond of hanging; and some of us go so far as to recoil under any circumstances from taking the blood of life. We perform our operations under chloroform; and it has even been suggested that those schoolmasters who insist on adhering in some sort to the doctrines of Solomon should perform their operations in the same guarded manner. If the disgrace be absolutely necessary, let it be inflicted; but not the bodily pain.
The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 9781514708880 Books
The Bertrams, written early in Anthony Trollope’s career, supports my contention that he is one of the finest of all English novelists. The story starts slowly enough with us being introduced to George Bertram, who has just taken a double first at Oxford, and his friend Arthur Wilkinson, who was disappointed in his showing at the University. The two friends travel to Jerusalem and there George meets and falls in love with Caroline Waddington, the granddaughter of his very rich uncle, also called George Bertram. When they return to England, the two young people become engaged to be married, but Caroline decides to postpone the wedding so that George can study for a career in the law. This decision turns out to be a mistake that will influence much of the action that takes place later in the story.Both Caroline and George have many fine qualities, but like many of Trollope’s young women, Caroline is too concerned with money and all that it will buy for her. George is a fine young man, but somewhat headstrong and unforgiving. The two young people eventually quarrel and their engagement is cancelled. A few months later Caroline marries Sir Henry Harcourt on the rebound from George and soon learns to her great sorrow that she has made a dreadful mistake.
Earlier I mentioned George’s uncle and Caroline’s grandfather, old George Bertram, who is one of the wealthiest men in England. Many characters in this novel would like to get their hands on old George’s wealth and his will becomes a major source of contention and concern for competing interests, but young George is indifferent to his uncle’s great wealth and tells him so. The reading of the will occurs at the very end of the novel and changes dramatically the lives of several of the main characters in our story.
The Kindle edition that I read is divided into three separate books, not uncommon for a Trollope novel. Once George and Caroline separate, the action in the story accelerates and become genuinely interesting and entertaining. As is usual for Trollope, he likes to take time out in his telling of his story to speak with us, his readers about his characters, their conflicts, and the decisions they make, some of which he disagrees with. It is as if his characters have a life of their own and he is just the wise observer of their behavior. We are his friends and he takes us into his confidence sharing his thoughts and observations with us. For our part, we often take a few minutes to think about the advice and counsel we would give to our favorite characters. I assure my readers of this review that I had a few choice words for both young and old George Bertram as the story progressed.
Few writers have been so successful at making friends of their readers as Anthony Trollope. Once invited into his company, we are anxious to return. The Bertrams is the 21st novel of the master I have read and, with a little luck, it will not be the last.
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The Bertrams Anthony Trollope 9781514708880 Books Reviews
Not one of Trollope's best and the edition, apparently slapped together by someone who is no better at using modern technology than I am, still told a story in his style and I am glad I read it.
Characters are well drawn and plot is not predictable. Well worth the read. I enjoyed the description of Jerusalem in the 1800s. At times a little verbose in description.
I never know how Trollope's books will end. They transport to another time when people studied others' faces-- or at least they did so in books. Thoughts and feelings were contemplated more deeply-- or so it appears.
I've read many of Trollope's books and would like to read them all. Most of his stories deal with serious subjects, but he still can make me laugh with some of the names he chooses for his characters.
This is one intriguing story, with lots of twists and turns.
The chief interest in this books lies in the flaws of the leading characters, and the consequences of those flaws for their lives. Pride, arrogance, impulsiveness, selfishness, naïveté--a disregard for love and its power to create happiness in life. This is a very Victorian novel in its concern for property, and the impact of more or less property on people's lives and choices, but there is something very modern in the self-centered moral ambiguity of George Bertram and Caroline Waddington. I found the development of these characters fascinating.
I thought this was among the best stand-alone Trollope novels; that is, it's not a novel in a series of novels). And unusual as well, in that his characters take on critically such subjects as the rationality of religion and the customary goodness of mothers. Trollope, always charming for engaging the reader personally (as if he were speaking directly to the reader) seems to do so even more frequently in this book. Of course, a love story is at the heart of the book, but the story is unique, anything but stereotypical.
This is perhaps the fifteenth of his novels I have read, and I imagined it might be sort of second-tier, since it's not among the dozen most famous. Think again! This one is entirely satisfactory, with all the treats you've come to hope for, unexpected new turns and variations, comedy, emotion, psychological insight, a flowing river of language and a humane and personable narrator. Highly recommended to any reader of Eliot or Thackeray, Sayers, sometimes Forster. The inevitable comparisons with Austen aren't so far off the mark either. Much livelier and less forced than Dickens. Trollope forever!
I liked the story a lot, but it had too much political satire in it with super silly names like Mr. Neversay Die, and things like that; some of the side chatter about politics, travel, etc. was just "too many notes" at times. The progression of the two main characters, close friends, one who excelled at university and one that kind of fizzled at the end of his schooling, was well done; the third school mate was less likable from the start, and just got more unpleasant as the story progressed, making him a good villan. They all made some dumb choices about women, in different ways, and each of them are so wrong-headed at times that you just want to smack them, but you still root for the two good guys. The side characters were also well written - the rich old uncle, the controlling widow/mother, etc. - and rounded out the story nicely. There are many characters to like and many to boo at in this story. Very well worth reading, though some sections go on a bit more than I liked and I caught myself skimming a little. I also very much liked the way things wrapped up at the end.
The Bertrams, written early in Anthony Trollope’s career, supports my contention that he is one of the finest of all English novelists. The story starts slowly enough with us being introduced to George Bertram, who has just taken a double first at Oxford, and his friend Arthur Wilkinson, who was disappointed in his showing at the University. The two friends travel to Jerusalem and there George meets and falls in love with Caroline Waddington, the granddaughter of his very rich uncle, also called George Bertram. When they return to England, the two young people become engaged to be married, but Caroline decides to postpone the wedding so that George can study for a career in the law. This decision turns out to be a mistake that will influence much of the action that takes place later in the story.
Both Caroline and George have many fine qualities, but like many of Trollope’s young women, Caroline is too concerned with money and all that it will buy for her. George is a fine young man, but somewhat headstrong and unforgiving. The two young people eventually quarrel and their engagement is cancelled. A few months later Caroline marries Sir Henry Harcourt on the rebound from George and soon learns to her great sorrow that she has made a dreadful mistake.
Earlier I mentioned George’s uncle and Caroline’s grandfather, old George Bertram, who is one of the wealthiest men in England. Many characters in this novel would like to get their hands on old George’s wealth and his will becomes a major source of contention and concern for competing interests, but young George is indifferent to his uncle’s great wealth and tells him so. The reading of the will occurs at the very end of the novel and changes dramatically the lives of several of the main characters in our story.
The edition that I read is divided into three separate books, not uncommon for a Trollope novel. Once George and Caroline separate, the action in the story accelerates and become genuinely interesting and entertaining. As is usual for Trollope, he likes to take time out in his telling of his story to speak with us, his readers about his characters, their conflicts, and the decisions they make, some of which he disagrees with. It is as if his characters have a life of their own and he is just the wise observer of their behavior. We are his friends and he takes us into his confidence sharing his thoughts and observations with us. For our part, we often take a few minutes to think about the advice and counsel we would give to our favorite characters. I assure my readers of this review that I had a few choice words for both young and old George Bertram as the story progressed.
Few writers have been so successful at making friends of their readers as Anthony Trollope. Once invited into his company, we are anxious to return. The Bertrams is the 21st novel of the master I have read and, with a little luck, it will not be the last.
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