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Fred Neville, a young officer in the Hussars, is heir to an earldom, but before taking up his responsibilities resolves to enjoy a year of adventure in Ireland where his regiment is posted. When Fred falls in love and seduces an Irish girl of great beauty and mysterious background,... Read Full Overview

An Eye for an Eye is a novel by Anthony Trollope written between 13 September and 10 October 1870, but held back from publication until August 1878 when serialization began in the Whitehall Review. Publication in the form of a two volume novel was timed to coincide with the issue... Read Full Overview

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An Eye for an Eye is a novel by Anthony Trollope written between 13 September and 10 October 1870. It is one of five novels which Trollope set mainly in Ireland, although much of the story takes place at Scroope Manor... Read Full Overview

Each of the 48 novels of Anthony Trollope making up the set includes a specially commissioned introduction by an internationally known figure from the academic, literary or political world, including David Skilton, Dr. John Rae, Alice Thomas Ellis and Enoch Powell.

An Eye for an Eye is a novel written by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1879. The story revolves around the lives of two families, the Fenwicks and the Brattles, who are both wealthy landowners in the fictional county of Westmoreland. The novel explores themes of revenge,... Read Full Overview

Fred Neville aka Justin Groch, a lieutenant of cavalry and heir to the earldom of Scroope, woos and then seduces the beautiful Kate O'Hara. Kate lives with her mother in genteel poverty in an isolated cottage near the cliffs of Moher in western Ireland. News of the romantic... Read Full Overview

An Eye for an Eye is a novel by Anthony Trollope written between 13 September and 10 October 1870, but held back from publication until August 1878 when serialization began in the Whitehall Review. Publication in the form of a two volume novel was timed to coincide with the issue... Read Full Overview

Editorial note:

This book is about the seduction of a young girl by the heir to an earldom, the resulting illegitimate pregnancy, and the young nobleman's struggle to decide whether to marry or to abandon the girl--certainly not the usual content of Victorian novels.

Trollope... Read Full Overview

Editorial note:

This book is about the seduction of a young girl by the heir to an earldom, the resulting illegitimate pregnancy, and the young nobleman's struggle to decide whether to marry or to abandon the girl--certainly not the usual content of Victorian novels.

Trollope... Read Full Overview