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The Bertrams (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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This early (1859) novel, one of the author’s more raw works, is based on Trollope’s own travel and observations. Postponing the banking career his uncle is foisting on him, George Bertram journeys to the Middle East, where he reunites with his distant father, and plunges into a wayward romance.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still loyal to the old postman,enjoyed this, a lesser known item. Has a naive almost clockwork simplicity framed in conventions of Victorian morality, bit like the appeal of Petrushka or a comic book. Includes hilarious pictures of early Victorian tourists in the Middle East. Apart from the threat of jihadists, little has changed. Plot is convoluted, but somehow Trollope manages to keep everything crystal-clear even some of it rather improbable - those cousins who have never met, etc - but hugely enjoyable for all that.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Bertram decides to become a barrister, since his rich uncle has made it clear that George will not be his heir. George's friend, Arthur (a minister), decides not to ask Adela to marry him because he believes he cannot afford it. George travels to Jerusalem to meet his father, the unreliable and selfish Sir Lionel and there meets and becomes engaged to Caroline, but their romance is broken off.I delayed reading this novel because I thought it was set in Jerusalem, but in fact only a few of the chapters are set there (with a later section describing a trip to Egypt). Some of the observations about what the church has done to Jerusalem were very interesting and George's spiritual experience on Mount of Olives was quite moving, but there were many passages describing the local populations in terms which are wholly unacceptable today. In general in Trollope I have found references (usually to Jews) which grate, but this novel took things to a whole other level and made me understand that the Victorians did clearly believe that cleanliness is next to godliness - I think Trollope managed to describe almost every non-Christian character as dirty at some point.That aside, I found this story very enjoyable. Adela was a delight. George and Caroline got what they deserved and then for a moment it looked as if Trollope was going to bless them with a second chance, but the very ending shows that he was not quite able completely to forgive Caroline for marrying without intending to love, which seems to be the unforgivable sin for Trollope. Miss Todd and Sir Lionel provided some comic relief, although I didn't really enjoy the chapter describing the trip home from Egypt - Mrs Cox and Mrs Price didn't seem to fit into the novel at all. I'm glad Mrs Wilkinson was humbled.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Solid B-list AT. Yes, at the beginning there's too much travelogue, but AT soon calms down and gets steadily down to work. Features a miserly rich uncle who won't name his heir, lovers' quarrels, a domineering mother tormenting her son the vicar and a less than admirable friend. The heroine isn't as icy as is Barchester's Griselda Grantly, later Marchioness of Hartletop, but her chilliness causes much grief to herself and the rather nebbishy hero. No hunting scenes, I'm NOT sorry to say, but a wicked depiction of a buncha old ladies at a whist party in a watering hole that's a few rungs down from Bath. In usual AT fashion, his "narrator" pretends to spill the beans while never actually revealing the plot twists. The much anticipated reading of the will is, unfortunately, not quite the tour de force one would hope, but you'll never guess who gets (or doesn't get) what. Overall, quite satisfactory.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I always love reading Trollope, and even more so when lyzard leads a group read. I was particularly grateful that I read this one with the group read, because, being one of Trollope's earlier and more obscure novels, I needed some help to get the most out of it. Like many of Trollope's books, this centers around money and marriage and what is deemed a success when it comes to the two. There are two would-be couples, George and Caroline and Arthur and Adela and there are plenty of obstacles (real and perceived) to them getting together. This book also includes some travel and the remote settings of Cairo and Jerusalem. There is, of course, a rich old man and everyone is waiting to see when he will die and what his will contains. Overall I enjoyed this. It shows the germination of some themes that Trollope will later develop. It's certainly not his best work, but I'm glad I read it.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Do you ever wonder what ever happened to the person identified as “most likely to succeed” in your high school yearbook? George Bertram would have received that designation. His cousin, Arthur Wilkinson, always finished a close second to George, to Arthur’s great sorrow. However, George’s innate talent did not lead to happiness.Trollope seems to have intended The Bertrams to be a character study of George and Arthur, of George’s irresponsible father, Sir Lionel Bertram, and his miserly uncle, George Bertram, Sr.; of proud Caroline Waddington and constant Adela Gauntlet. Sometimes the plot seems forced to fit Trollope’s requirements for character development. Readers may get an ending that they like, but may wish that Trollope had arrived at it in a different manner.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5While I enjoyed the main plot of this book, I found the travel sections a bit wearisome. While they were a minor amount of the book, it was for these sections that I particularly wanted to read this book. There was a certain amount of humor (especially in the chapter about card parties) but on the whole, Trollope was more heavy-handed with his characters & opinions here than he was in his better books.