Título: Penguin Classics He Knew He Was Right
Autor: Anthony Trollope
Sinopse: Anthony Trollope's story of one man's obsessive self-deception pitted against against the enduring power of his wife's love, He Knew He Was Right is edited with an introduction by Frank Kermode in Penguin Classics. On a visit to the Mandarin Islands, Louis Trevelyan falls in love with Emily, the daughter of the governor, and they are swiftly married and return to live in London. But when a friend of Emily's father - the meddlesome libertine Colonel Osborne - starts paying rather too much attention to the young woman, Louis is consumed by jealousy and refuses to listen to his wife's pleas of innocence. And as his suspicions become increasingly obsessive and the marriage collapses, Louis finds himself driven to desperate actions. In He Knew He Was Right, Trollope created a highly sympathetic portrait of a deeply troubled marriage, and a compelling psychological story of sexual obsession in his portrait of a nineteenth-century Othello. In his introduction, Frank Kermode discusses Victorian attitudes to courtship and marriage, compares the novel to Othello and places it in the context of Trollope's other works. This edition also includes a new chronology, a bibliography and notes. Anthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family's high social standing and their comparative poverty. He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector, but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his 'Barsetshire novels', The Warden (1855). As well as writing over forty novels, including such popular works as Can You Forgive Her? (1865), Phineas Finn (1869), He Knew He Was Right (1869) and The Way We Live Now (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to England. If you enjoyed He Knew He Was Right, you might enjoy Trollope's The Way We Live Now, also available in Penguin Classics.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Penguin Classics He Knew He Was Right”, de Anthony Trollope, publicado pela editora Penguin Classic, em 1994 e com 864 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Penguin Classic
Páginas: 864
Ano: 1994
Edição: Reissue
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780140433913
ISBN13: 9780140433913
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Penguin Classic proporcionam uma experiência de leitura que atravessa séculos e estilos, reunindo desde poesia antiga até narrativas densas de conflitos humanos e filosóficos. O catálogo inclui relatos históricos de grande impacto emocional, como memórias do Holocausto, ao lado de ficções que exploram dilemas morais e sociais em diferentes épocas e culturas. A linguagem varia do lírico ao direto e didático, com obras que privilegiam reflexões profundas sobre a condição humana, mas também textos com ritmo mais narrativo e envolvente, como aventuras ou romances psicológicos. O material sugere uma atenção especial a traduções cuidadosas e a edições que valorizam o contexto histórico e filosófico dos textos.
