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The Reasonable Man: Trollope's Legal Fiction
By (Author) Coral Lansbury
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
823.809
Paperback
242
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
340g
In a new interpretation of the fiction of Anthony Trollope, Coral Lansbury argues that Trollope's work in the Post Office, starting in 1834, had more influence on his fiction than did any literary figure or tradition. Drawing on her original research in Post Office Records, she reveals the ways in which legal forms and legal reasoning shape both th