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The Reasonable Man: Trollope's Legal Fiction
By (Author) Coral Lansbury
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
823.809
Hardback
242
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
510g
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