Can You Forgive Her?

Historical

Author: Anthony Trollope

With sympathy and care, Trollope observes two controversial heroines in the first of his series of novels about the grand old Palliser family, ,Alice Vavasor should be married to the sensible, kindly John Grey, but despite what her respectable relations might think, Alice cannot quite reconcile herself to this fate. Once upon a time she was engaged to her wild cousin George,….Read More

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