The Three Cousins.Fanny Trollope. 1847/2004. Read by Flo Gibson. 12 tapes. 18.5 hrs. Audiobook Contractors. 1-55685756-x. $7795. Vinyl; content notes. SA Fans of Victorian novels looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a fresh "new" Victorian novelist will find Fanny Trollope, mother of the great novelist Anthony Trollope, to be a wonderful surprise. Cousins blends surprisingly progressive elements more resonant to the contemporary ear with standard Victoriana. The storyline is built around a will and the plotting and scheming to inherit 92-year-old Joseph Lexington's great fortune. Trollope's eye is acute and her wit can be devilish dev·il·ish adj. 1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as: a. Malicious; evil. b. Mischievous, teasing, or annoying. 2. Excessive; extreme: devilish heat. , but--writing to earn money--she occasionally succumbs to the Victorian taste for pomposity Pomposity Aldiborontephoscophornio nickname from play by Carey, given by Scott to his pompous publisher, James Ballantyne. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 23] Chrononhotonthologos bombastic, pompous king of Queerumania. [Br. and sentimentality Sentimentality Checkers dog given as gift to Nixon; used in his defense of political contributions during presidential campaign (1952). [Am. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 126] Dondi comic strip in which sentimentality is the main motif. . Gibson's voiced reading is good. Her voice is mature and textured, and she is comfortable with the 19th-century diction and foreign phrases. Jacqueline Edwards, Bedford, MA |
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