
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
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Narrated by:
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Tony Britton
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By:
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Anthony Trollope
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Not One Of His Best
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Great Listen/Read
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It’s a sad cautionary tale.
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Narration was superb.
Not Trollope’s Best
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Beautiful
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One thing has to be said, though. One of the darkest crimes charged against George is that he’s in hock to the Jews. Were he in debt to good Anglicans, it wouldn't have been held against him, at least not to the same extent. Reading Trollope can be exasperating.
How could someone who writes such genial fiction, with such engaging characters, continually mar his writing with this ugly prejudice? It's not a question of Trollope simply being a man of his time. The same period gave birth to novels with deeply drawn, sympathetic Jewish characters: novels like Daniel Deronda and Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend. Enjoying Trollope, as I do, can sometimes be a cringeworthy experience. I would have given the story 5 stars otherwise.
Sweet and sad and marred by prejudice
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Great read
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Here we have all the plot complications, subtle social / psychological / religious insights, and memorable characters usually found in the cathedral close or Gatherum Castle. And the quality of Tony Britton’s performance rivals Timothy West’s Trollope recordings. My only gripe is the navigation: eight weighty chunks, created with almost no reference to chapter breaks.
All the Story, a Third of the Time Commitment
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Wonderful short novel
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This book could have been titled Emily after the heroine Miss Hotspur. In some ways she reminds me of Marianne Dashwood "Sense and Sensibility" in her naivet? and of Fanny Price "Mansfield Park" in the strength of her resolve. Like her sister heroines, Emily is not the kind of woman one would willingly cross. The thought of the probable results would terrify me. However, George Hotspur, the anti hero of the piece, had no such terrors. Glib as Willoughby and smooth as Henry Crawford, he was sure of his ability to talk his way out of or into any situation and confident of his ability with women. Like his fellow scoundrels, his weakness of character comes into play. I am not so satisfied with Trollope's bitter sweet conclusion of this little tale but one can't have everything.
Sometimes a Great Fall
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