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The Three Clerks
The Three Clerks
The Three Clerks
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The Three Clerks

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Release dateJan 1, 1978
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Anthony Trollope

<p><b>Anthony Trollope</b> nació en Londres en 1815, hijo de un abogado en bancarrota y de Frances Trollope, que, tras fracasar montando un bazar en Cincinatti, escribió <i>Usos y costumbres de los americanos</i> (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XLVIII), con la que inició una carrera literaria que le reportó fama y prosperidad económica. Anthony se educó en Harrow, Sunbury y Winchester, donde se sintió a disgusto entre los miembros de la aristocracia, y nunca llegó a la Universidad. En 1824 empezó a trabajar en el servicio de correos, donde permanecería hasta 1867. Tras siete años en Londres fue trasladado a Irlanda, y de ahí a nuevos destinos por el Reino Unido, Egipto y las Indias Occidentales.</p> <p>En 1847 publicó su primera novela, <i>The Macdermots of Ballycloran</i>, y en 1855 <i>El custodio</i>, la primera del ciclo ambientado en la mítica ciudad de Barchester (trasunto de Winchester) y en las intrigas políticas de su clero. Este ciclo lo consolidó como autor realista y le dio una gran popularidad. En 1864 inició con <i>Can You Forgive Her?</i> otro ciclo, el de las novelas de Palliser, en el que retrataría los entresijos de la vida política y matrimonial de los parlamentarios londinenses. En 1868 él mismo se presentó como candidato liberal a las elecciones, pero no fue elegido. Entre sus últimas obras cabe destacar <i>The Way We Live Now</i> (1875), una gran sátira del capitalismo. Murió en Londres en 1882.</p>

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is my first time reading Trollope, but it's not likely to be my last. This is more of an ensemble piece in that none of the 6 main characters can be said to be hero or heroine material or the be the real leads. They also are not painted in black and white, they have their strengths and weaknesses. No one is entirely good or entirely evil, even the person who falls the lowest is lead astray. It acts better as a tale reflecting society than as a character study. Again it makes me quite pleased I'm not living in that period, the constraints placed on both men and women by the rules of society would be somewhat restricted. It's interesting in that opportunities for socialising were severely restricted, especially for young women. I have to say that I quite liked the inventiveness of the supporting character naming, some certainly made me snort.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The three clerks of the title are young men starting out on civil service careers in London. Harry Norman and the slightly older Alaric Tudor get positions in the office of Weights and Measures, while Alaric’s younger cousin, Charley Tudor, gets a position in Internal Navigation. Harry is an honest and generous young man with an unforgiving streak. The ambitious Alaric always has an eye out for the next opportunity for advancement, and despite Harry’s warnings, he allows the end to justify the means. Charley is a happy-go-lucky young man who drifts along with the tide. Charley doesn’t have the strength of character to withstand the temptations of city life, yet he has enough of a sense of morality to be troubled by his dissolute behavior. Harry has a widowed cousin in Hampton who has three young daughters, Gertrude, Linda, and Katie. Harry introduces first Alaric and then Charley into the family circle, giving rise to unforeseen jealousies and heartaches.The pace of the novel is somewhat uneven, with a focus on Harry at the beginning of the novel, Alaric in the middle, and Charley at the end. Their stories overlap but don’t intertwine as well as they might. The comic passages stand out, with Charley’s stab at novel-writing (Crinoline and Macassar) being the highlight of the book for me. Katie’s first ball also had me laughing out loud.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The story focuses on three government clerks who enjoy the company of the Woodward sisters. Alaric steals Gertrude from Harry. Harry ends up marrying Linda. Katie likes Charley, but her mother doesn't. The best thing I can say about I've finished it and can say I've read it. It's just not my kind of story. The story does pick up a bit near the end when Alaric gets his just desserts, but even that doesn't quite redeem it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The story of three civil service clerks, Henry, Alaric and Charley and of the three daughters of Mrs Woodward, Gertrude, Linda and Katie. Alaric becomes a Civil Service Commissioner and plans to run for parliament, but his moral compass is being distorted by his despicable friend Undy. Alaric throws over one sister and marries another and finally receives his comeuppance. Charley is a young scoundrel who struggles to live up to his good intentions. Henry spends the entire novel being moral, unforgiving and extraordinarily boring.It took me a while to get into this story, but it picks up from the halfway mark. I enjoyed the parts about Charley's literary endeavours and the topics and plot devices he is encouraged to include, although I could have done without the entire text of Crinoline and Macassar. I found Alaric an interesting character until his downfall, when he sort of faded out. Charley was the real hero to root for, although even his romance was a bit lacking somehow. I feared at one point that he would marry his bride on her deathbed, but thankfully that didn't happen. The women characters were not so prominent and well-developed as usual. No hunting on the plus side, but the minor characters weren't as developed as in other Trollope novels: Clementina was a bit unbelievable and I never warmed to the Neverbend sisters. Far far too many character with names like Neverbend and Oldeschole and so on.Not one of my favourites.

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