| An Eye for an Eye Contributor(s): Trollope, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1163207152 ISBN-13: 9781163207154 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.64 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.33 lbs) 294 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1879. Prolific English writer of novels dealing with Victorian life. An Eye for an Eye is a tragic, gothic romance about the struggle of the upper class Protestant Englishman, Fred Neville, who inherits a high position unexpectedly. He meets and falls in love with Kate O'Hara. They have a love affair, she becomes pregnant and he promises her and her mother that he will marry her. But, he is conflicted by the responsibilities and pressures from his family to marry someone presentable and promises them he will not marry Kate. He decides that he cannot make Kate Countess of Scroope and after telling Kate's mother this, she loses control after years of misery and frustration, and in a sudden fury pushes him over a cliff to his death. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |