Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882)

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Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personalities of the Church of England, or politics on the national level (though there is lots of politicking in the mythical county of Barsetshire itself). The plot revolves around the illegitimate Mary Thorne, who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a country doctor, and who, as she comes of age, finds herself wondering whether she is a lady (in the county sense of the term). Frank Gresham, son of the squire of Greshamsbury, is in love with her (much against the wishes of his noble de Courcy relatives at the Castle), but she dismisses his affection at first as mere puppy love, thereby setting the scene for a series of entanglements, social, romantic, and of course, financial and propertied (never far from the action in Trollope's works). Their resolution, of course, makes up the meat of the novel. One critic has remarked that in Doctor Thorne Trollope succeeds in one of the most difficult tasks an author of fiction can face: how to make genuinely good people genuinely interesting, so that they engage not only the sympathies but also the interest of readers. (Introduction by Nicholas Clifford)

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  • 01 - The Greshams of Greshamsbury
    – 00:41:10
  • 02 - Long, Long Ago
    – 00:28:20
  • 03 - Doctor Thorne
    – 00:36:22
  • 04 - Lessons from Courcy Castle
    – 00:46:05
  • 05 - Frank Gresham's First Speech
    – 00:23:43
  • 06 - Frank Gresham's Early Loves
    – 00:26:17
  • 07 - The Doctor's Garden
    – 00:25:08
  • 08 - Matrimonial Prospects
    – 00:33:52
  • 09 - Sir Roger Scatcherd
    – 00:24:57
  • 10 - Sir Roger's Will
    – 00:25:26
  • 11 - The Doctor Drinks His Tea
    – 00:18:37
  • 12 - When Greek Meets Greek, Then Comes the Tug of War
    – 00:27:48
  • 13 - The Two Uncles
    – 00:22:24
  • 14 - Sentence of Exile
    – 00:36:30
  • 15 - Courcy
    – 00:20:41
  • 16 - Miss Dunstable
    – 00:24:11
  • 17 - The Election
    – 00:37:46
  • 18 - The Rivals
    – 00:36:28
  • 19 -The Duke of Omnium
    – 00:22:29
  • 20 - The Proposal
    – 00:19:57
  • 21 - Mr. Moffat Falls Into Trouble
    – 00:33:44
  • 22 - Sir Roger is Unseated
    – 00:21:59
  • 23 - Retrospective
    – 00:22:54
  • 24 - Louis Scatcherd
    – 00:28:39
  • 25 - Sir Roger Dies
    – 00:35:29
  • 26 - War
    – 00:25:51
  • 27 - Miss Thorne Goes on a Visit
    – 00:30:56
  • 28 - The Doctor Hears Something to His Advantage
    – 00:27:20
  • 29 - The Donkey Ride
    – 00:35:15
  • 30 - Post Prandial
    – 00:18:14
  • 31 - The Small End of the Wedge
    – 00:25:16
  • 32 - Mr. Oriel
    – 00:21:16
  • 33 - A Morning Visit
    – 00:26:11
  • A Barouche and Four Arrives at Greshamsbury
    – 00:42:39
  • 35 - Sir Louis Goes Out to Dinner
    – 00:21:40
  • 36 - Will He Come Again?
    – 00:19:34
  • 37 - Sir Louis Leaves Greshamsbury
    – 00:21:29
  • 38 - De Courcy Precepts and de Courcy Practice
    – 00:36:00
  • 39 - What the World Says about Blood
    – 00:22:55
  • 40 - The Two Doctors Change Patients
    – 00:21:05
  • 41 - Doctor Thorne Won't Interfere
    – 00:23:38
  • 42 - What Can You Give in Return?
    – 00:31:52
  • 43 - The Race of Scatcherd Becomes Extinct
    – 00:24:14
  • 44 - Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning
    – 00:29:27
  • 45 - Law Business in London
    – 00:24:43
  • 46 - Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail
    – 00:29:14
  • 47 - How the Bride Was Received, and Who Were Asked to the Wedding
    – 00:36:55
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