Rachel Ray With An Introd By Algar Thorold By: Anthony Trollope: Rachel ...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Rachel Ray With An Introd By Algar Thorold By: Anthony Trollope: Rachel Ray Is An 1863 Novel By Anthony Trollope ISBN13:9781542884679ISBN10:1542884675Author:Thorold, Algar (Author), Trollope, Anthony (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Algar Labouchere Thorold Writer Born: 1866 Died: 1936 Rachel Ray Is An 1863 Novel By Anthony Trollope It Recounts The Story Of A Young Woman Who Is Forced To Give Up Her Fianc Because Of Baseless Suspicions Directed Toward Him By The Members Of Her Community, Including Her Sister And The Pastors Of The Two Churches Attended By Her Sister And Mother The Novel Was Originally Commissioned For Good Words, A Popular Magazine Directed At Pious Protestant Readers However, The Magazine's Editor, Upon Reading The Galley Proofs, Concluded That The Negative Portrayals Of The Low Church And Evangelical Characters Would Anger And Alienate Much Of His Readership The Novel Was Never Published In Serial Form Plot: Rachel Ray Is The Younger Daughter Of A Lawyer's Widow She Lives With Her Mother And Her Widowed Sister, Dorothea Prime, In A Cottage Near Exeter In Devon Mrs Ray Is Amiable But Weak, Unable To Make Decisions On Her Own And Ruled By Her Older Daughter Mrs Prime Is A Strict And Gloomy Evangelical, Persuaded That All Worldly Joys Are Impediments To Salvation Rachel Is Courted By Luke Rowan, A Young Man From London Who Has Inherited An Interest In The Profitable Local Brewery Mrs Prime Suspects His Morals And Motives, And Communicates These Suspicions To Her Mother Mrs Ray Consults Her Pastor, The Low Churchman Charles Comfort; And Upon His Vouching For Rowan, Allows Rachel To Accept His Offer Of Marriage Soon After This, Rowan Falls Into A Dispute With The Senior Proprietor Of The Brewery, And Returns To London To Seek Legal Advice Rumours Circulate About His Conduct In Devon; Comfort Believes The Rumours, And Advises Mrs Ray To End The Engagement Between Rachel And Rowan Rachel Obeys Her Mother's Instructions To Write Rowan And Release Him From The Engagement When He Fails To Respond, She Grows Increasingly Depressed Rowan Returns To Devon, And The Dispute Over The Brewery Is Settled To His Satisfaction This Accomplished, He Calls Upon The Rays And Assures Rachel That His Love For Her Is Still Strong She Assents To His Renewed Proposals Marital Bliss Ensues A Subplot Involves The Abortive Courtship Of Mrs Prime By Her Pastor, Samuel Prong Prong Is A Zealous But Intolerant Evangelical His Religious Beliefs Are In Agreement With Hers, But The Two Have Incompatible Notions Of Marriage: Prong Insists On A Husband's Authority Over His Wife, And In Particular Over The Income From Her First Husband's Estate; Mrs Prime Wants To Retain Control Of Her Money, And Is Otherwise Unwilling To Submit To A Husband's Rule Anthony Trollope ( 24 April 1815 - 6 December 1882) Was An English Novelist Of The Victorian Era Among His Best-Known Works Is A Series Of Novels Collectively Known As The Chronicles Of Barsetshire, Which Revolves Around The Imaginary County Of Barsetshire He Also Wrote Novels On Political, Social, And Gender Issues, And Other Topical Matters Trollope's Literary Reputation Dipped Somewhat During The Last Years Of His Life, But He Had Regained The Esteem Of Critics By The Mid-20Th Century Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-02-02Weight:0.99 lbsDimensions:0.47'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:222Language:English

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