He Knew He Was Right
Anthony Trollope
Subjects: Married people -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction, Husbands -- Fiction, PR, Psychological fiction, I
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Subjects: Married people -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction, Husbands -- Fiction, PR, Psychological fiction, I
Downloads: 507
The central theme of the novel is the sexual jealousy of Louis Trevelyan who unjustly accuses his wife Emily of a liaison with a friend of her father's. As his suspicion deepens into madness, Trollope gives us a profound psychological study in which Louis' obsessive delirium is comparable to the tormented figure of Othello, tragically flawed by self-deception. Against the disintegration of the Trevelyans' marriage, a lively cast of characters explore the ideas of female emancipation and how to distinguish between obedience and subjection. Although himself no supporter of women's ri.
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