Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

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Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

The son of a barrister, Trollope was fascinated by the workings of the legal system. This novel, his last major work, is dominated by the figure of John Scarborough, a wealthy squire who contrives from his deathbed to defeat the law of entail. Seeking to bequeath his estate to the worthier of his two sons, he subjects them to a testing examination and, in the process, baffles his lawyers and scandalizes society. The social world also comes under scrutiny as Trollope explores the codes of conduct governing courtship and marriage, money-lending, gambling and other subjects as he records the conflict between law and justice, and the passing of traditional values. The text is that of the first edition of 1883 and includes a number of textual emendations.
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ISBN 13 9780192818089
ISBN 10 0192818082
Title Mr. Scarborough's Family
Author Anthony Trollope
Series World's Classics S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1989-03-01
Number of pages 661
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