engWith an Introduction by Joanna Trollope.
Trollope's delightful novel recounts the fortunes of Doctor 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.
The vicissitudes of Mary and Frank's courtship are lovingly detailed with all
the wit and satire that show Trollope at his finest. In this social comedy, full
of snobbery, hypocrisy and self-seeking, we meet characters from the city and
cathedral of Barchester, and are introduced to