Mr Peacocke, a Classical scholar, has come to Broughtonshire with his beautiful American wife to live as a schoolmaster. But when the blackmailing brother of her first husband - a reprobate from Louisiana - appears at the school gates, a dreadful secret is revealed and the county is scandalized.
Ostracised by the community, the pair seem trapped in a hopeless situation - until the combative but warm-hearted headmaster of the school, Dr Wortle, offers his support, and Mr Peacocke embarks upon a journey to America that he hopes will lay to rest the accusations once and for all.
A perceptive exploration of Victorian morality, Dr Wortle''s School (1881) also contains echoes of Trollope''s own life, and his personal affection for the vivacious Bostonian Kate Field.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
256 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
1999-04-29 |
| ISBN |
9780140434040 |
