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Can You Forgive Her?. by: Anthony Trollope, (Set in Two Volume): Novel (Illustrated) | Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in serial form in 1864 and 1865. It is the first of six novels in the "Palliser" series.The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three strong women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Early on, Alice asks the question "What should a woman do with her life?" This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser recur in the remainder of the Palliser series....Alice Vavasor, a young woman of twenty-four, is engaged to the wealthy and respectable and dependable, if unambitious and bland, John Grey. She had previously been engaged to her cousin George, but she broke it off after he went through a wild period. John, trusting in his love, makes only the slightest protest of Alice's planned tour of Switzerland with her cousin Kate, George's sister, even when he learns George is to go with them as male protector. Influenced by the romance of Switzerland, Kate's contriving to restore George to Alice's favour, and her own misgivings with John's shortcomings, Alice jilts her second fianc?.Alice's noble but despised relations are shocked, but their protests only strengthen Alice's resolve, and she eventually renews her engagement to George, who seems charismatic, ambitious and alluring, in contrast to John. Then George's darker side becomes increasingly visible. He starts asking for money from Alice to support his parliamentary ambitions. Ever attentive to Alice's welfare, John secretly pays the money instead. George wins his first election, but loses his second and in despair and, after learning of John's interference in his campaign and engagement, almost murders John before escaping to America.A second story involves the comic rivalry between the wealthy farmer Cheesacre and the pauper soldier Captain Bellfield for the affections (and substantial inheritance) of the widow Mrs Greenow. Mrs Greenow had married young to a very rich older man who had recently died. Still in mourning, which for her involves a great deal of performance, she also enjoys basking in the attentions of her beaux and pitting them against each other. Finally she decides to marry the more attractive Captain Bellfield, knowing that she can keep him under control.The third story deals with the marriage of the extremely rich Plantagenet Palliser to the even wealthier heiress, Lady Glencora M'Cluskie. They are not very well suited. He is a stiff-necked, hardworking politician in line to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, while she has a lively, fun-loving personality and a well-developed sense of humour. She is outspoken and often shocks Alice by her frankness. The marital situation is made more tense by Glencora's failure to conceive a child. Previously, she had been engaged to Burgo Fitzgerald, an aristocratic wastrel, but the same noble relations that protested Alice's jilt had successfully pressured Glencora to abandon Burgo to marry Plantagenet. But she is still passionately in love with Burgo, who plots to elope with Glencora. To Alice's dismay, Glencora argues that it would be for the best if she eloped with Burgo as then Plantagenet could divorce her and marry someone else who could give him children. She publicly dances with Burgo at a ball and nearly agrees to go with him, even at the risk of her fortune and reputation....Anthony Trollope ( 24 April 1815 - 6 December 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era.
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AllDebooks
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#SummerEndReadathon @TheSpineView

Goals

*Finish the tagged as I've been picking this up and down all summer. Slow to start, but picking up pace now, so should hold my interest.
*Read and review 5 arcs
*Participate in #buddyreads or challenges with #NaturaLitsy #Rereadtheclassics #Pemberlittens #BookedinTime
* Enjoy mood reading

TheSpineView Great goals! Have a great reading September!💜📖📚 7mo
AllDebooks @TheSpineView 😊🍂📚🍂 7mo
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AllDebooks
Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch
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#20in4 readathon @Andrew65

It has been an absolute crazy week with my 16 year old anxiously waiting on her exam results. Yesterday was manic, sorting out her college placement. Now for a calm and peaceful weekend please. 😌

I'm aiming for 20 hours reading the tagged, SQPR and Salman Rushdie's essay collection, Languages of truth for #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

I'm hoping to finish all 3 before the end of the month.

Soubhiville Good luck! (edited) 7mo
Roary47 I hope all goes well in your kiddos college application process and test results! 💛 7mo
AllDebooks @Roary47 thank you. She got her grades and is all set to study Creative media 7mo
Andrew65 Hope you have a peaceful weekend - sounds like you have earned it! 7mo
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AllDebooks
Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch
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#Rereadtheclassics

I'm struggling to finish Trollope, so I'm going to shelve plans to read Frederick Douglas, for now. I've just got a physical copy of tagged, so this will be the month to finish it 😅

📣 September will be back on schedule with Jeckyll & Hyde.

All welcome to join in. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

LitStephanie I am in for Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde. I have seen it performed but never read it. Thanks! 8mo
CrowCAH Thanks for tagging me! I won‘t be able to join August‘s read. Keep me on the tag list for future classics reads! 8mo
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Saknicole I‘m down for September! I didn‘t reread Far From the Madding Crowd. It is a favorite though. Hope everyone liked it! 8mo
AllDebooks @Saknicole I'm really enjoying it. Made me remember how much I love Hardy ❤️ 8mo
LitStephanie And I love the idea of Dracula for October! 8mo
BookwormAHN Looking forward to September 😺 8mo
AllDebooks @LitStephanie ikr, perfect creepy read 🧛‍♂️🦇 8mo
BarbaraJean You can go ahead and take me off the list—too much overbooking going on in my world! 😆 8mo
AllDebooks @BarbaraJean ok, no worries. Reading is supposed to be a restful hobby, not stressful. X 8mo
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#Rereadtheclassics

I've struggled to commit time to Trollope this month, so I will extend it into August.
Anyone want to join in with Thomas Hardy for July's read? All welcome.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

repost for @alldebooks

AllDebooks Thank you so much for the share x 9mo
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#Rereadtheclassics

I've struggled to commit time to Trollope this month, so I will extend it into August.
Anyone want to join in with Thomas Hardy for July's read? All welcome.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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LitsyEvents
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repost @Alldebooks #Rereadtheclassics

I'm really looking forward to tackling Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, starting with Can you forgive her?

All welcome to join in. This is a #chunkster so I'm happy to continue until we finish, however long it takes. Hopefully, not as long as The count of Monte Cristo 🫣😍

original post- https://www.litsy.com/web/book/91104/Can-You-Forgive-Her

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AllDebooks
Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch
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#Rereadtheclassics

I'm really looking forward to tackling Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, starting with Can you forgive her?

All welcome to join in. This is a #chunkster so I'm happy to continue until we finish, however long it takes. Hopefully, not as long as The count of Monte Cristo 🫣😍

willaful Is this a chapter a day read? 10mo
AllDebooks @willaful no, it's a more relaxed read at your own pace. As it's a long one, we may need to go over into July. I'll post a discussion thread on the 28th of each month. 10mo
AllDebooks @Liz_M thank you, I forgot! 10mo
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @AllDebooks:

#Rereadtheclassics

Our June read is the first in Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, Can you forgive her?

All welcome to join in this #BuddyRead. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2591274

Sapphire I started this a couple years ago but only got about half way and didn‘t finish. Would love to see if this gives me motivation to keep going and finish. I remember thinking quite a bit about the characters was funny . 10mo
AllDebooks Thank you so much for the share x 10mo
AllDebooks @Sapphire Yay, welcome! I'll add you to the taglist 😊 10mo
Sapphire @AllDebooks thanks! 10mo
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AllDebooks
Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch
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#Rereadtheclassics

Our June read is the first in Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, Can you forgive her?

All welcome to join in. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

CrowCAH I have never heard of this classic. Sounds interesting. Unfortunately, since it‘s such a long book clocking in near 800 pages, I won‘t be able to join the read along. Since my daughter was born last month, I‘ve been sticking with shorter works. Hope you enjoy the book! (Keep me apprised of the next buddy read for the classics.) 10mo
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AllDebooks @CrowCAH Awwww, how wonderful. Congratulations on the arrival of your baby girl 😍 I can completely understand your reasoning. I had to switch to short stories for a while when mine were babies x 10mo
Sapphire I would like to try. I stopped about half way a few years ago 10mo
BarbaraJean You can remove me from the list—I‘ve been overcommitted with buddy reads lately! Thank you! 10mo
AllDebooks @BarbaraJean ok, will do x 10mo
BookwormAHN I'll skip this one, but I did finish the Count of Monte Cristo, and it was fantastic 🩵 10mo
AllDebooks @BookwormAHN glad you enjoyed it. I'm still going with the Count 10mo
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Self Isolating has me trying out new hobbies. Apparently even my new hobbies are related to reading.

Come-read-with-me I really love the colours! It just looks so cheerful! 4y
JenDR Thanks 4y
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But men and women, when they show themselves at their best, seldom do so without an effort. If the object be near the heart the effort will be pleasant to him who makes it, and if it be made well, it will be hidden.

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I need to get back to this series. Trollope is so very funny! #soup #quotsynov18 @TK-421

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BarbaraBB
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Pickpick

I finally started reading Trollope and finished the first of the Palliser novels.
Alice Vavasor is not your traditional 19th century upperclass woman. Her disobedience is a central theme in this book that despite its setting reads as a contemporary novel. Trollope's account of a society in which money, breeding and influence are the primary routes into power is pretty familiar. The mixture of satire and romance makes the book a real pageturner.

Reviewsbylola You‘re inspiring me. I‘ve wanted to read Trollope for years! 6y
BarbaraBB @Reviewsbylola You should give him a try. It is quite good! 6y
arubabookwoman I got to Phineas Redux and stalled (not because I wasn‘t enjoying the series). I need to get back to it. 6y
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BarbaraBB @minkyb Thank you. I wanted to read Trollope for years too and I am glad I finally started! 💕 6y
BarbaraBB @arubabookwoman I have started Phineas Finn but having a hard time getting into the book. All those politics.... 6y
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“Knowing you as I thought I did, I could not understand your loving such a man as him. It was as though one who had lived on brandy should take himself suddenly to a milk diet, - and enjoy the change!”

In my current read George thinks of Alice as his #MyLoveMyLife and tries to win her back in a hilarious way 😂!

#AbbaInAugust

Mdargusch I love this! ❤️ 6y
Reviewsbylola I want to read Trollope so badly. Soon, I swear! 6y
BarbaraBB @Reviewsbylola This is my first and I just started. It is enjoyable right from the start. 6y
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EllieDottie
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I really liked this book! It was a little slow to start but once I got started I just jumped in and loved it! I could wait to find out what happened with all the characters! There were a few phrases in here that made me cringe (being published in 1865) but over all I loved it!

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EllieDottie
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I‘m only 20% into this book but so far it definitely seems like Alice Vavasor has a very #fickleheart #adelesmaymashup

vkois88 That's a beautiful pic 6y
Ruthiella Yes Alice‘s behavior is hard to understand at times. I felt she was trying to figure out which relationship allowed her the most agency. Love is less important than independence. But I think I read between the lines A LOT!😀 6y
TheBookHippie John Sargent love his work 💜 6y
Reviewsbylola Someday i will read Trollope. 6y
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EllieDottie
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I‘m back!!!! I‘m sorry I‘ve been gone.... I‘ve been dealing with some personal things. But I‘m sooo ready to be back at Litsy! So here is my first post in well over a month!!

I‘m a hundred pages into this and I‘m liking it so much more than I thought! This is my first Trollope and I‘m really glad it‘s going well! Do you guys have have a favorite Trollope???

Lcsmcat It‘s a toss up between The Way We Live Now and The Eustace Diamonds. I love Trollope! 6y
rubyslippersreads I've read several of the Palliser novels (including the tagged book), but want to read more. 6y
Smarkies This was also the first Trollope that I read and I loved it. 6y
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Kimberlone I‘ve only read one, but Trollope is tops with the social commentary in 6y
britt_brooke Welcome back!! 6y
saresmoore Glad you are back! 6y
Ruthiella Loved the Barsetshire series starting with The Warden😀 6y
jpmcwisemorgan Welcome back! 6y
HKGirl I haven't read any Trollope yet though I've been meaning to for a couple years now. Not sure where to start! 6y
BarbaraBB As soon as I finish Proust I will start with these series. 6y
kspenmoll Welcome back! 6y
RohitSawant Welcome back! 6y
EllieDottie @Lcsmcat I‘m excited that I have more to look forward to! 6y
EllieDottie @rubyslippersreads would you recommended continuing on with the series? 6y
EllieDottie @Kimberlone I‘m adding it to my tbr!! 6y
rubyslippersreads @EllieDottie Yes. And I also want to read the Barsetshire series that @Ruthiella recommends, because I just started Angela Thirkell's books based on it. 6y
EllieDottie @HKGirl I‘m not an expert but I really like this book and it‘s the first of one of his series!! 6y
EllieDottie @BarbaraBB you will have to tell me when you start reading them!! 6y
Ruthiella If you have an e-reader you can download most of his books for free from project Gutenberg😀 (edited) 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!!!! I missed you!!! I hope everything is ok!!! Same address???💗😘 (edited) 6y
EllieDottie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks yes!!! I got your lovely card! And I sent one back yesterday!! I‘m so happy to be back!! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @EllieDottie I‘m happy you‘re back too!!! 💗💗 6y
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Who knew Trollope had such a sense of humor?! Certainly not me 😬 Really enjoyed this classic and th me readalong with #SteveDonoghue.

#AnthonyTrollope #CanYouForgiveHer #penguinclassics

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shawnmooney
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My new motto.

#QuoteOfTheDay

Zelma And an excellent one to live by! 👏 6y
LeahBergen I say this phrase at LEAST once a day. 😏 6y
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shawnmooney
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Oh my‼️

#QuoteOfTheDay

AllenTStClair 😂🤣 6y
Hollie 😂 6y
Soubhiville Lol, yep, there‘s a picture in my head now. 6y
CouronneDhiver Manly graces 😂😂 6y
LeahBergen I shall work the term “nether person” into my conversation this week. Several times. 😆 6y
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shawnmooney
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#QuoteOfTheDay

😂😂😂😂

tournevis snort snort snort snort 6y
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rubyslippersreads Perhaps she just didn't want to have the surname Cheesacre. 😂 6y
Soubhiville @rubyslippersreads that‘s exactly what I was thinking!!! 🧀 6y
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beaconhillbooks
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My #CanYouForgiveHer (aka #CanYouForgiveSteveDonoghue) update is up. This is a response to the first 20 chapters. #booktube

https://youtu.be/N0wpXdAWsYY

Four videos in one week is a new record! Hope to make it five!!!

RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon
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#QuoteOfTheDay

I‘d been giving George Vavasor the benefit of the doubt up till now, and I still don‘t know if he‘s actually going to send this letter to his ex-girlfriend/cousin, Alice, but the fact that he wrote it shows he is a complete and utter jerk.

Aimeesue George is rather dastardly, isn't he? Ah, a Victorian woman's choices! Rather difficult for the modern reader to bear. 6y
BarbaraBB Enjoying your quotes since I Am now reading the book. Such fun! And i agree on George! 6y
BarbaraBB Did you read the whole Palliser series? 6y
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So stoked to be beginning a read-along of this hosted by Steve Donoghue over at BookTube! i‘m doing my infamous audio-text combo, and the audiobook, narrated by David Shaw Parker, is to-die-for!

#QuoteOfTheDay

DreesReads This is a great book! 6y
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Finished todayband really enjoyed it. I read all of Trollope's Barchester books last year and loved them. If you enjoy Victorian era authors and have never read Trollope I greatly recommend him.
#classics #audiobook

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VeganCleopatra
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Day 11 of #riotgrams is #punctuation. I did it, I found one! What a pain in the ass.

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Pickpick

Alice Vavasor has everything going for her on the marriage market, except that she is deeply ambivalent about marriage. Trying to balance Self and Society, she jilts first one man, then another — has she ruined her life, or can you forgive her? Wonderful characters, braided plot lines, charming commentary: a satisfying world to be immersed in.

But oh my word, as a woman it makes me so grateful to be living in the 21st century!!!

rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ this photo! 6y
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He‘s reading a little Trollope to me and Maisey on this Christmas Day. ❤️💚

MrBook 😻😻😻 6y
jhod 😍 6y
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Pickpick

Could not stop reading! Vintage Trollope: wise, wry, engrossing. Loved it!

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Two #1stinseries novels that I love, although the Atwood is more of a trilogy than a series. #sizzlinsummerbooks @Tiffy_Reads

kathleenaflynn Recently read both these and loved them both! 6y
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rubyslippersreads
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Anthony Trollope got up at 5:30 every morning to write 3,000 words before going to his job at the post office. #workaholics #jubilantjuly. P.S. I don't own this pretty copy, but it's very tempting. 😄

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful cover ❤️ 7y
Cathythoughts Yes. A beautiful cover 7y
RealLifeReading Impressive! 7y
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Can You Forgive Her? | Anthony Trollope, Dinah Birch

It is a comfortless unsatisfying trade, that of living upon other people's money.