--- product_id: 112995955 title: "Doctor Thorne: A Barsetshire Novel (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback – April 11, 2016" brand: "anthony trollope ed" price: "KD 9.51" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/112995955-doctor-thorne-a-barsetshire-novel-wordsworth-classics-paperback-april-11 store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # Doctor Thorne: A Barsetshire Novel (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback – April 11, 2016 **Brand:** anthony trollope ed **Price:** KD 9.51 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Doctor Thorne: A Barsetshire Novel (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback – April 11, 2016 by anthony trollope ed - **How much does it cost?** KD 9.51 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/112995955-doctor-thorne-a-barsetshire-novel-wordsworth-classics-paperback-april-11) ## Best For - anthony trollope ed enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted anthony trollope ed brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Doctor Thorne: A Barsetshire Novel (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback – April 11, 2016 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61x0dRAJg+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ wonderful read--ive read the first 3 and still have no idea why people criticize Trollope- *by R***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018* Installment 3 of the Barchester series travels in a different direction-literally some miles down the way- another cathedral area. Several properties are involved in this story with the main one being the property of the Greshams which in a bad financial state. Lady Areballa is the outspoken (and highly comical/entertaining), lady of the Gresham property and she watched everything with a hawk eye similar to Mrs Proudie(though not as intense) from the last 2 novels. She sees the coming of age of Frank as an opportunity to secure a marriage that will fulfill her plans because Frank "must marry money", which is repeated in many form close toa hundred or possible more times for effective comedic repetition.Comedy comes from the dowager going sort of nuts trying to secure this while Trollope asks his reader to feel compassion for her as well as sympathize with(to a certain extent) her in the end. Trollope brings the comedy as well as mild drama to this installment making this one the most heavy yet or most serious of the series so far. This one does contain a person who drinks himself to death --then his son does the same thing--so it is a little heavier. Then again the 2 men who die from drinking go down for the most part comically and with Trollope wit. Dr Thorn and his neice Mary have a relationship similar to Mr Harding and Eleanor (i have to admit i miss them and as i am currently reading book 4 i still miss them). It is fun to see the similarity but also the difference--the main one being a. Dr Thorn- is not as kind and compassionate as Harding as well as having a bad reputation for collecting a high fee etc-- while Mary stands up for herself, is stronger and is more independent than Eleanor. Trollope seems to make his female characters stronger in general than the men. Another twist in this one is Franks relationship with Miss Dunstable- this is playfull in that it is similar to Neroni and Slope from Barchester Towers but totally different in that Dunstable counsels Frank like Neroni does men in general..2nd she is not a man eater that gains selfish pleasure from playing with men --Miss Dunstable cares about Frank and encourages him to pursue Mark--not to sat Neroni doesnt do that but this is different. - I will leave it to the reader to continue with the intricacies of the characters so as not to spoil the story.I will not go into the technicalities of the plot but focus for a moment of some of the negative criticism of Trollope which i 100% disagree with. I could write a long essay about this but will try to keep this short. One of the complaints about Trollope is his large volume of novels with the argument being that quantity equates to lack of quality.I think Trollope was way ahead of his time in that he was working in a minimalist sort of way with his main concern being regular people. His large body of work i feel proves that even more. I immediately came across a knock down argument for saying Trollope wrote mainly for money.(which was most likely taken out of context-being that Trollope supposedly said that he wrote for money-i would have to look at that quote myself and try to figure out the proper context. His whole style works against the norms for commercial fiction--even to the extent where Henry James did not even understand his approach--.What i mean by working against the commercial norms is he was completely opposite of Dickens in that there is 0 surrealism -- i have not even encountered a dream sequence yet. There is 0 action in the form of violence.Thackeray for example, in his masterpiece Vanity Fair, was heavily satirical to the extent of being over the top and wonderfully animated but at the same time very easily commercially accessible.It was as if Trollope was writing in a completely stripped down format that mimic everyday life at a normal pace.This is the 3rd book in the series and not much has happened but there has not been a moment i have no been fully entertained as well as pondered advanced philosophical insights.-such as what happens when you assume things about people based on hearsay-that was Barchester Towers-- or you could view BT as a romantic comedic romp in Barchester--however you interpret it this is serious art.Trollope seems to me to want to connect with everyday people and hopefully entertain them as well as teach intricate lessons about human interaction. Trollope is like a professor who writs books for non academic people so as to try to be effective rather than writing in a academic journal and only being read by a small portion of people. By writing these non action packed novels he wants the reader to learn something about compassion for others as well as staying out of negative bureaucratic situations. I feel Trollope in Dr Thorn throws in a curve ball of a little satire in the way he makes the son (not giving a name so as to not spoil) die of drinking literally a year or so after the father-- I feel by making the son who is like 23 die so soon while his father was in his 40's is totally an artistic (not entertainer) move-- he wants his readers to think about the implications of a parent figure drinking on their children and to see a satirical display of the detrimental chain effect.His characters are people everyone can relate to. I feel Mary Thorn is the hero of this story. She represents a strong willed person that ends up standing up the the most difficult person in the story. ### ⭐⭐ I could not get through this book for my book club, but loved it led me to the PBS series instead *by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018* I wish I could have had the patience to read this, but I resorted to the DVD instead which was great and enabled me to participate in the discussion with my book group anyway. There were way too many characters to keep track of and I was not familiar enough with old British society and politics to understand much of it. But it was a fun drama to watch with heroes and villians and shades of gray to create believable characters in not so believable circumstance and coincidences, but a lot of fun to see how despite the many detours we do get a good love story and a happy ending. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book *by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018* This story is just like the movie. 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