The American Senator by Anthony Trollope

"The American Senator" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written in 1877. Set in rural England, it weaves together two romantic pursuits: Mary Masters, a gentlewoman who loves above her station, and Arabella Trefoil, a determined woman who will sacrifice nearly everything to secure a wealthy husband. Meanwhile, American Senator Elias Gotobed observes English society with outsider's eyes, questioning its customs from fox hunting to social hierarchies. Through these intertwined stories, Trollope explores the clash between rationality and tradition in Victorian England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
Title The American Senator
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Senator
Credits E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Mate selection -- Fiction
Subject Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Subject Courtship -- Fiction
Subject Political fiction
Subject Americans -- Great Britain -- Fiction
Subject Legislators -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 5118
Release Date
Last Update Apr 8, 2011
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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