Doctor Thorne (Annotated)

Doctor Thorne, the third novel in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire, turns from ecclesiastical politics to inheritance, legitimacy, and the moral economies of rural England. Centered on the principled physician Thomas Thorne, his niece Mary, and the indebted Gresham family, the novel combines courtship plot, social comedy, and legal intrigue with Trollope's characteristic irony. Its pro...