Cousin Henry

9781417912711

1417912715

1879. Prolific English writer of novels dealing with Victorian life. Cousin Henry is perhaps the most unusual and intriguing of Trollope's shorter novels. Trollope's masterly handling of the novel's unlikely hero, a tiresome and timid coward, is notable for its insight and compassion. The story begins: I have a conscience, my dear, on this matter, said an old gentleman to a young lady, as the two were sitting in the breakfast parlour of a country house which looked down from the cliffs over the sea on the coast of Carmarthenshire. And so have I, Uncle Indefer; and as my conscience is backed by my inclination, whereas yours is not- See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.