He Knew He Was Right

Anthony Trollope, Frank Kermode, Frank Kermode

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Penguin Classics
24 February 1994

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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.

By: Anthony Trollope
Introduction by: Frank Kermode
Edited by: Frank Kermode
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 587g
ISBN: 9780140433913
ISBN 10: 0140433910
Pages: 864
Publication Date: 24 February 1994
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported the family. Trollope enjoyed considerable acclaim both as a novelist and as a senior civil servant in the Post Office. He published more than forty novels and many short stories that are regarded by some as among the greatest of nineteenth-century fiction.