He Knew He Was Right, Volume 2 (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from pgchuis

Mainly about the quarrel which arises between Emily Trevelyan and her husband Louis over her friendship with Colonel Osborne, known to be a home-wrecker, but a friend of Emily's father. This quarrel escalates into a separation and then Louis becomes unreasonable and finally mad. Other strands inc...

from JBD1

Another Trollope novel where I often wanted to reach into the pages and slap the characters silly. The subplots are generally quite good, but the Louis-Emily main plot drove me up the wall. When I read later that Trollope himself was disappointed with the result, I felt quite a lot better.

from japaul22

After reading both the Barsetshire and Palliser series, this was my first foray into one of Trollope's standalone novels. It left me a little unsatisfied, I think because of the main topic, marriage. The main storyline here involves the marriage of Louis and Emily Trevelyan who have been happil...

from pgchuis

Mainly about the quarrel which arises between Emily Trevelyan and her husband Louis over her friendship with Colonel Osborne, known to be a home-wrecker, but a friend of Emily's father. This quarrel escalates into a separation and then Louis becomes unreasonable and finally mad. Other strands inc...

from startingover

At well over 800 pages long, this is a novel that demands a serious level of commitment! Personally I think it's a pity that Trollope is regarded as such an unfashionable author (not helped for being known as John Major's favourite novelist). There's actually a great deal of humour in Trollope's ...