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    Sir Harry Hotspur
    Sir Harry Hotspur
    Sir Harry Hotspur
    Audiobook8 hours

    Sir Harry Hotspur

    Written by Anthony Trollope

    Narrated by Peter Joyce

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A man of conscience, duty, and tradition, an immature, impressionable girl of supreme virtue and perhaps the greatest cad in English Literature are the chief protagonists of this tale.

    Tragedy falls upon the House of Humblethwaite. Sir Harry Hotspur's son dies at 21 years of age. There is no other male heir save a second cousin, a scapegrace seemingly beyond redemption. Can Sir Harry's daughter, Emily, effect a miracle and hold property and title together by an affectionate and honourable marriage to such a fellow, or is the demise of the ancient Hotspur family and all it stands for inevitable?

    "A novel can hardly be made interesting or successful without love. It is necessary because the passion is one which interests or has interested all. Everyone feels it, has felt it or expects to feel it." ---The Author

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAssembled Stories
    Release dateJan 12, 2006
    ISBN9781860152528
    Sir Harry Hotspur
    Author

    Anthony Trollope

    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) was the author of over fifty books of fiction and nonfiction and is widely regarded as one of the preeminent English novelists of the Victorian era. Uncommon in his ability to capture both a wide readership and the highest respect of his most influential critics and peers—including luminaries such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Thackeray, Henry James, and George Eliot—Trollope is best remembered for two great sextets, the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Pallisers, as well as his late-career satirical masterpiece The Way We Live Now.

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    • 3/5

      Nov 21, 2024

      Not one of Trollope's best stories. Rather the usual sort of Victorian scenario: impecunious rake seeks innocent naive heiress. Well written and emotionally sensitive, but I'm afraid the narration detracted a bit.
    • 4/5

      Mar 19, 2024

      Unlike other of Trollope’s novels, this is a cautionary tale that does not have a happy ending. But it is brilliantly written and majestically performed by Peter Joyce.
    • 5/5

      Mar 19, 2024

      Sad story, but a true classic. Love, honor and family.
    • 4/5

      Mar 21, 2016

      Satire about the (unsuccessful) attempt of a wealthy girl to reform her black sheep of a cousin so she could marry him. Not Trollope's best but enjoyable enough. The character that I ended up sympathizing with most was the title character, Sir Harry.
    • 3/5

      Nov 11, 2015

      ** spoiler alert ** Sir Harry Hotspur plans to leave his large fortune and estate to his only surviving child, Emily, but the title will be inherited by his cousin George. Harry considers the idea of Emily marrying George and thus keeping the title and estate together. However, there are questions as to George's character. Harry cannot decide what to do and in the meantime Emily and George get engaged, Emily intending that George should turn over a new leaf and be redeemed by her.This short novel has a pretty simple plot and not a lot really happens. Harry dithers, refuses to tell Emily the details of George's bad conduct, with the result that she believes him merely to be extravagant, whereas in fact he is dishonest and a cheat, with no firm intention ever to reform. The novel has its moments - I liked the way George got his women friends to write all his letters for him, thereby enabling Mrs Morton to ensure that his letter to Emily at the end is harsh and dismissive - but it was very one tone and a little repetitive. The ending was melodramatic, but perhaps for the best, since Emily was very annoying.
    • 4/5

      Apr 28, 2014

      Damn good yarn as always with Trollope. The daughter is a frightful Madam refusing to change her mind once she's given her promise of betrothal to the caddish cousin george, Despite his caddishness being revealed. Funniest scenes are when George has a few moments with her as engaged couple and finds the idea of life with this stiff high-principled lady might not be such fun after all. Strange from a modern perspective are several things: Sir Harry's concern for the family name as opposed to the individuals involved, his not giving the evidence of Geo's wrongdoing to his daughter - he wants desperately to convince her but doesn't give his reasons (one wonders if Trollope is being ironically aware, but i think not); the irrevocable aspect of daughter's promise seems suspiciously sexual with much talk of "giving herself", has she actually been seduced by George? The scenes with Geo's mistress are very convincing though she's never called by sic a name, we know whats going on there. the low life scenes with moneylenders are convincing too though the constant reference to one as "the jew" are uncomfortable in a modern light.
    • 3/5

      Nov 5, 2013

      Of the half dozen Trollope novels I've read, this is the third which follows the same plot. Heiress chooses to marry a rogue, complications follow.