He Knew He Was Right
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
He Knew He Was Right
By (Author) Anthony Trollope
Edited by Frank Kermode
Introduction by Frank Kermode
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
24th February 1994
24th February 1994
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
864
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
587g
Description
On a visit to the Mandarin Islands, Louis Trevelyan falls in love with Emily, the daughter of the governor, and they are swiftly married and return to live in London. But when a friend of Emily's father - the meddlesome libertine Colonel Osborne - starts paying rather too much attention to the young woman, Louis is consumed by jealousy and refuses to listen to his wife's pleas of innocence. And as his suspicions become increasingly obsessive and the marriage collapses, Louis finds himself driven to desperate actions. In He Knew He Was Right (1869), Trollope created a highly sympathetic portrait of a deeply troubled marriage, and a compelling psychological story of sexual obsession in his portrait of a nineteenth-century Othello.
Author Bio
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a prolific and popular novelist who simultaneously maintained a successful career as a civil servant in the Post Office. He wrote 47 novels during his life, the most famous of which are the six Chronicles of Barsetshire and the six 'Palliser' novels.
