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Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her?
Can You Forgive Her? is the first of Anthony Trollope’s six Palliser novels, and it masterfully explores the limited choices available to women in Victorian society through the dilemmas of its heroine, Alice Vavasor. The central question of the title refers to Alice's vacillation between two suitors. She has broken off her engagement to the honorable, kind, but somewhat dull John Grey because she fears a quiet, conventional life will stifle her spirit. Instead, she becomes entangled once more with her charismatic but unreliable and financially reckless cousin, George Vavasor, agreeing to marry him and even using her own money to fund his political ambitions. Trollope parallels Alice’s story with that of her friend, Lady Glencora Palliser, who is trapped in a politically advantageous marriage to the upright but emotionally remote Plantagenet Palliser. Glencora still yearns for her former lover, the scoundrel Burgo Fitzgerald, and faces her own torment between societal duty and passionate desire. The novel is a profound study of character and a sharp social comedy, scrutinizing the institutions of marriage and politics. Trollope asks the reader to judge whether Alice’s flawed, often frustrating indecision is worthy of forgiveness, given the constrained nature of her world. With his signature omniscient narrator, he delves into the inner lives of his characters with psychological depth and compassion, creating a rich tapestry of Victorian life and establishing the political and personal themes that would define the entire Palliser series.
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