Doctor Thorne Apr 2026
: The contrast between the old-money Greshams and the "parvenu" Sir Roger Scatcherd, a self-made man with a drinking problem who holds the Greshams' debts. A Piece of the Prose
: The tension between marrying for love versus marrying for money and status.
"Its green pastures, its waving wheat, its deep and shady and—let us add—dirty lanes, its paths and stiles, its tawny-coloured, well-built rural churches... has made it to its own inhabitants a favoured land of Goshen." Where to Watch or Listen Doctor Thorne (TV Mini Series 2016)
Trollope's writing is known for its detailed descriptions of English rural life. From the opening of the novel:
: The contrast between the old-money Greshams and the "parvenu" Sir Roger Scatcherd, a self-made man with a drinking problem who holds the Greshams' debts. A Piece of the Prose
: The tension between marrying for love versus marrying for money and status.
"Its green pastures, its waving wheat, its deep and shady and—let us add—dirty lanes, its paths and stiles, its tawny-coloured, well-built rural churches... has made it to its own inhabitants a favoured land of Goshen." Where to Watch or Listen Doctor Thorne (TV Mini Series 2016)
Trollope's writing is known for its detailed descriptions of English rural life. From the opening of the novel:
