He Knew He was Right

Anthony Trollope

Oxford University Press, 1998 - Fiction - 952 pages

Widely regarded as one of Trollope's most successful later novels,He Knew He Was Rightis a study of marriage and of sexual relationships cast against a background of agitation for women's rights.

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Contents

• HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT: 1
• Colonel Osborne: 11
• Shewing how Reconciliation was made: 46
• Miss Jemima Stanbury of Exeter: 58
• Shewing how the Quarrel progressed again: 78
• Miss Stanburys Generosity: 105
• The Honourable Mr Glascock: 116
• The Clock House at Nuncombe Putney: 129
• What they said about it in the Close: 139
• Dartmoor: 145
• A Gentleman comes to Nuncombe Putney: 154
• The Stanbury Correspondence: 162
• Bozzle the ExPoliceman: 174
• Shewing how Colonel Osborne went to Cock: 185
• combe Putney: 194
• Shewing how Miss Stanbury behaved to: 203
• Colonel Osborne and Mr Bozzle return: 214
• Niddon Park: 223
• Hugh Stanbury smokes his Pipe: 232
• A Third Party is so objectionable: 243
• Mr Trevelyans Letter to his Wife: 252
• Great Tribulation: 261
• Mr and Mrs Outhouse: 270
• Dorothy makes up her Mind: 278
• xxx1 Mr Brooke Burgess: 290
• The Full Moon at St Diddulphs: 302
• Hugh Stanbury smokes another Pipe: 311
• Priscillas Wisdom: 319
• Mr Gibsons Good Fortune: 325
• Miss Stanburys Wrath: 340
• Mont Cenis: 348
• Verdict of the JuryMad my Lord: 360
• Miss Nora Rowley is maltreated: 366
• C G: 372
• Shewing what took place at St Diddulphs: 378
• Miss Stanbury and Mr Gibson become two: 389
• Laburnum Cottage: 398
• Brooke Burgess takes leave of Exeter: 407
• Trevelyan at Venice: 418
• The American Minister: 428
• About Fishing and Navigation and Head Dresses: 436
• Mr Gibson is punished: 449
• Mr Brooke Burgess after Supper: 458
• Camilla triumphant: 466
• Shewing what happened during Miss Stan burys Illness: 474
• Mr Outhouse complains that its Hard: 490
• Hugh Stanbury is shewn to be no Conjuror: 495
• Mr Gibsons Threat: 504
• The Republican Browning: 513
• Withered Grass: 524
• Dorothys Fate: 534
• Dorothy at Home: 546
• Mr Bozzle at Home: 553
• Another Struggle: 559
• Parkers Hotel Mowbray Street: 574
• Lady Rowley makes an Attempt: 582
• Sir Marmaduke at Home: 594
• Sir Marmaduke at his Club: 606
• Mysterious Agencies: 612
• Of a Quarter of Lamb: 623
• Rivers Cottage: 629
• Major Magruders Committee: 641
• Sir Marmaduke at Willesden: 647
• Shewing what Nora Rowley thought about Carriages: 653
• Shewing what Hugh Stanbury thought about the Duty of Man: 661
• The Delivery of the Lamb: 670
• Dorothy returns to Exeter: 679
• The Lioness aroused: 689
• We shall be so poor: 708
• The future Lady Peterborough: 717
• Casalunga: 727
• Mr Glascock is master: 757
• Mrs Frenchs carving knife: 769
• Bella Victrix: 777
• Selfsacrifice: 786
• Mr Glascock as Nurse: 792
• Mr Glascocks Marriage completed: 814
• Cropper and Burgess: 826
• Trevelyan back in England: 893
• Mrs Brooke Burgess: 910
• Acquitted: 919
• Explanatory Notes: 931

About the author

Anthony Trollope was born in London, England on April 24, 1815. In 1834, he became a junior clerk in the General Post Office, London. In 1841, he became a deputy postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland. He was sent on many postal missions ending up as a surveyor general in the post office outside of London. His first novel, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, was published in 1847. His other works included Castle Richmond, The Last Chronicle of Barset, Lady Anna, The Two Heroines of Plumplington, and The Noble Jilt. He died after suffering from a paralytic stroke on December 6, 1882. John Sutherland was born on October 9, 1938. After graduating from the University of Leicester in 1964, he began his academic career as an assistant lecturer in Edinburgh. He specializes in Victorian fiction, 20th century literature, and the history of publishing. He is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus of Modern English Literature at University College, London and is currently teaching at the California Institute of Technology. He writes for The Guardian and is a well-known literary reviewer. He is the author of more than 20 books including Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography, How to Read a Novel: A User's Guide, The Boy Who Loved Books, Curiosities of Literature, 50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know, Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives, and Magic Moments: Life-Changing Encounters with Books, Film, Music. He is also the co-author, with Stephen Fender, of Love, Sex, Death and Words: Tales from a Year in Literature.

Bibliographic information

• Title: He Knew He was Right; Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press; Oxford world's classics; World's classics
• Author: Anthony Trollope
• Editor: John Sutherland
• Contributor: John Sutherland
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0192835408, 9780192835406
• Length: 952 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary