Dr. Wortle's School

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Dr. Wortle's School by Trollope, Anthony; Imlah, Mick; Imlah, Mick, 9780140434040
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  • ISBN: 9780140434040 | 0140434046
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 12/1/1999

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Mr Peacocke, a Classical scholar, has come to Broughtonshire with his beautiful American wife to live as a schoolmaster. But when the blackmailing brother of her first husband ''‚¬" a reprobate from Louisiana ''‚¬" appears at the school gates, a dreadful secret is revealed and the county is scandalized. Ostracised by the community, the pair seem trapped in a hopeless situation ''‚¬" until the combative but warm-hearted headmaster of the school, Dr Wortle, offers his support, and Mr Peacocke embarks upon a journey to America that he hopes will lay to rest the accusations once and for all. A perceptive exploration of Victorian morality, Dr Wortle's School (1881) also contains echoes of Trollope's own life, and his personal affection for the vivacious Bostonian Kate Field.