"Castle Richmond" is an 1860 novel by Anthony Trollope set during the Irish famine. It explores themes of love, social class, and the devastating effects of the famine, particularly through the character of Lady Desmond and her unrequited love.
Anthony Trollope's 1860 novel, 'Castle Richmond,' is set during the Irish famine of 1846-47. It focuses on the romantic entanglements of the wealthy Fitzgerald family and offers a significant portrayal of the famine's impact and the character of Lady Desmond.
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| Back | novel Trollope 1860 sir Thomas Fitzgerald of castle Richmond in Ireland is a wealthy landowner whose wife had once been briefly married to a scoundrel long presumed dead Owen and Clara plight their troth when she is only 16, but her mother opposes their engagement because of Owen's supposedly reckless bachelor way of life, all the while Secretary loving him herself this novel is set in 1846-7 and is of interest for its portrayal of the Irish famine and for the character of lady Desmond and her hopeless love for a younger man Castle Richmond is the third of five novels set in Ireland by Anthony Trollope. Castle Richmond was written between 4 August 1859 and 31 March 1860, and was published in three volumes on 10 May 1860.[1] It was his tenth novel. Trollope signed the contract for the novel on 2 August 1859. He received £600, £200 more than the payment for his previous novel, The Bertrams, reflecting his growing popular success.[2] Castle Richmond First edition title page AuthorAnthony TrollopeCountryEnglandLanguageEnglishPublisherChapman and Hall Publication date 10 May 1860Media typePrintPreceded byThe Bertrams Followed byFramley Parsonage Castle Richmond is set in southwestern Ireland at beginning of the Irish famine. Castle Richmond is situated on the banks of the Blackwater River in County Cork.[3] Trollope's work in Ireland from 1841 to 1859 had given him an extensive knowledge of the island, and Richard Mullen has written that "All the principal strands of his life were formed in Ireland."[4] The plot. unusually complicated among Trollope’s novels, features the competition of two Protestant cousins of English origin, Owen Fitzgerald and Herbert Fitzgerald, for the hand of Clara Desmond, the noble but impoverished daughter of the widowed Countess of Desmond, providing the novel's principal dramatic interest. Castle Richmond was the first of several novels by Trollope in which bigamy played an important role. The Irish famine and efforts by authorities to mitigate its effects are the subject of many scenes and the object of abundant commentary throughout. The famine also occasions more explicit religious commentary than is typical in novels by Trollope. The critical reception to the novel was limited but generally favourable. However, Castle Richmond did not sell particularly well.[5 |
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