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Original Title:	John Caldigate
ISBN:	0192828177 (ISBN13: 9780192828170)
Edition Language:	English

John Caldigate

Anthony Trollope

Paperback | Pages: 656 pages

Rating: 3.85 | 188 Users | 27 Reviews

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Title	:	John Caldigate
Author	:	Anthony Trollope
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 656 pages
Published	:	September 2nd 1993 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1879)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Literature. English Literature. European Literature. British Literature

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John Caldigate (1879) possesses in abundance the virtues of Trollope's writing: an engrossing story told by a worldly-wise, kindly, fair-minded narrator, and a tale strong on what Trollope claimed as the leading feature of his novels, "real" characters. But John Caldigate has some striking and distinctive calls on the reader's attention: Australian gold-mining scenes, the prominence given to matters of law and a criminal trial, and the stronger than usual attack on religious fanaticism. Moreover, the main character is accused of and standing trial for bigamy on the testimony of his former mistress.

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Taking a break from other Trollope novels in series, but perhaps I'm reading too much Trollope lately. This one has not yet engaged me. The 'hero' is a bit of a cad, but very human and we forgive him. Listening to it via Librivox, excellent reader- Martin Evers, I think.

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.Trollope has always been a popular novelist. Noted fans

Hated this book. For me, it encompassed all the bad things about Trollope - he sets up the dilemma at the beginning of the book - John Caldigate goes to Australia, makes his fortune and comes back to marry the girl next door. Then we find out that while away, he made promises to may have married a divorcee! He then proceeds to beat that horse for the rest of the book.

I thought this was one of the best of Trollope's. As well as having his work's usual virtues it is gut-wrenchingly exciting.

An interesting book, especially for its time, given the importance given to common-law marriage, but it seems to be poorly thought-out, suffering from inconsistencies and from a curious failure on Trollope's part to psychologize his characters as fully as normal. Nevertheless, there is some very good work here.

I enjoyed this more the second time around. The little moments, the characters' responses to their situations, and the contrast between rural England and the gold fields of Australia made this fun and intriguing.

This was one of the last Trollope novels I read. I had put it pretty far down on my to-read list because I thought it was another of his Australian novels, and experience had taught me that whenever Trollope strayed from England as his setting, even to Ireland, his work slipped a notch or two. I was wrong on two counts. First, very little of the novel takes place in Australia. Second, the Australian scenes are well done.John Caldigate is an Englishman, from a good family, comfortably off but not