[new project] Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

[David Grigg]

This is the next in Trollope's series of the "Barchester Chronicles", following The Warden and Barchester Towers, which we've already produced.

So I thought I would tackle it next (hopefully taking a good deal less time than Little Dorrit.)

[Alex Cabal]

If this is a series, can you add the series metadata to the existing ones?

On 8/22/21 8:16 PM, David Grigg wrote:
> This is the next in Trollope's series of the "Barchester Chronicles",

> following /The Warden/ and /Barchester Towers/, which we've already

> produced.
>
> So I thought I would tackle it next (hopefully taking a good deal less

> time than /Little Dorrit/.)
>
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[David Grigg]

OK, will do.

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[David Grigg]

What do you think about this for the cover?

It's "The Doctor" by Luke Fildes. PD proof: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101067620086?urlappend=%3Bseq=6

[Alex Cabal]

Great find, thanks!

On 8/22/21 10:58 PM, David Grigg wrote:
> What do you think about this for the cover?
>

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[David]

Wonderful! Trollope is a particular favourite of mine, and I have a good number of favourite Trollopes, Dr Thorne among them!

Do you know Michael Sadleir's Commentary on Trollope, David? (I expect so ... so this is "just in case"...!) He opined, “With Doctor Thorne Trollope had definitely found himself...” (p. 384). Sadleir devotes several pages to Dr Thorne. Here's how that section sets off:

“Trollope himself, although he clung ... to his affection for this book of reminiscence [The Three Clerks], must during 1857 have had a vision of his real writer’s destiny. How otherwise may be explained the sensational perfection of Dr Thorne, one of the five (in a technical sense) faultless books he was to write? In nearly every novel—even in novels so outstanding as The Small House at Allington, The Last Chronicle of Barset, the two chronicles of Phineas Finn, He Knew He Was Right, The Eustace Diamonds, The Vicar of Bullhampton, The Way We Live Now and Mr. Scarborough’s Family—it is impossible not to deplore a sub-plot or an exaggeration, a long-windedness or a more than normally aggressive repetition. But in five books—Doctor Thorne, The Belton Estate, The Claverings, Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite and Dr. Wortle’s School—though there may be an extreme of tranquillity there is not a loose end, not a patch of drowsiness, not a moment of false proportion.” (pp. 374ff.)

... and it goes on from there. :) Anyway, hope you'll enjoy preparing this one! If ever I get stuck into Standard Ebook production, it will be with further Trollopes in mind at some point. There's certainly plenty to choose from!

David [Edinburgh, UK]

[Asher Smith]

Once you've added the series metadata, can you let me know so I can add a link to the collection to wiki? Cheers!

[David Grigg]

Already done!

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[David Grigg]

OK, I believe this is now ready for review:

https://github.com/drgrigg/anthony-trollope_doctor-thorne.git

Thanks to David of Edinburgh for the link to Michael Sadleir's interesting book on Trollope, from which I've quoted in the long description.

[David Grigg]

Once this is released, I might roll on to Framley Parsonage,  the next book in the Barsetshire collection. I haven't read that one as yet.

[Alex Cabal]

Is there a better way to break up that quotation? Right now it doesn't
read as a complete sentence, just a series of fragments.

On 9/18/21 12:00 AM, David Grigg wrote:
> OK, I believe this is now ready for review:
>
> https://github.com/drgrigg/anthony-trollope_doctor-thorne.git
>
> Thanks to David of Edinburgh for the link to Michael Sadleir's
> interesting book on Trollope, from which I've quoted in the long
> description.
>
> On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 20:14:34 UTC+10 David Grigg wrote:
>
> Already done!
> On 23 Aug 2021, 6:22 PM +1000, Asher Smith
> <forlackofa...@gmail.com>, wrote:
>> Once you've added the series metadata, can you let me know so I
>> can add a link to the collection to wiki? Cheers!
>>
>> On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 8:13:02 AM UTC+1 David wrote:
>>
>> Wonderful! Trollope is a particular favourite of mine, and I
>> have a good number of favourite Trollopes, Dr Thorne among them!
>>

>> Do you know Michael Sadleir's /Commentary/ on Trollope
>> <https://archive.org/details/texts?query=sadleir+trollope+commentary&sin=>,

>> David? (I expect so ... so this is "just in case"...!) He

>> opined, “With /Doctor Thorne/ Trollope had definitely found
>> himself...” (p. 384). Sadleir devotes several pages to /Dr
>> Thorne/. Here's how that section sets off:

>>
>> “Trollope himself, although he clung ... to his affection for

>> this book of reminiscence [/The Three Clerks/], must during

>> 1857 have had a vision of his real writer’s destiny. How

>> otherwise may be explained the sensational perfection of /Dr
>> Thorne/, one of the five (in a technical sense) faultless

>> books he was to write? In nearly every novel—even in novels so

>> outstanding as /The Small House at Allington/, /The Last
>> Chronicle of Barset/, the two chronicles of Phineas Finn, /He
>> Knew He Was Right/, /The Eustace Diamonds/, /The Vicar of
>> Bullhampton/, /The Way We Live Now/ and /Mr. Scarborough’s
>> Family/—it is impossible not to deplore a sub-plot or an

>> exaggeration, a long-windedness or a more than normally

>> aggressive repetition. But in five books—/Doctor Thorne/, /The
>> Belton Estate/, /The Claverings/, /Sir Harry Hotspur of
>> Humblethwaite/ and /Dr. Wortle’s School/—though there may be

>> an extreme of tranquillity there is not a loose end, not a
>> patch of drowsiness, not a moment of false proportion.” (pp.
>> 374ff.

>> <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.522911/page/n401/mode/2up>)

>>
>> ... and it goes on from there. :) Anyway, hope you'll enjoy
>> preparing this one! If ever I get stuck into Standard Ebook
>> production, it will be with further Trollopes in mind at some
>> point. There's certainly plenty to choose from!
>>
>> David [Edinburgh, UK]
>>
>> On Monday, 23 August 2021 at 02:16:19 UTC+1 david...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is the next in Trollope's series of the "Barchester

>> Chronicles", following /The Warden/ and /Barchester

>> Towers/, which we've already produced.

>>
>> So I thought I would tackle it next (hopefully taking a

>> good deal less time than /Little Dorrit/.)

>>
>>
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[David Grigg]

Sure, I’ll have another look, I think I was being a bit too ambitious. Just the adjectival phrase “sensational perfection” might be enough.

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[David Grigg]

OK, better now, I think. It just reads:

Doctor Thorne is regarded highly among Trollope’s works, with one prominent critic, Michael Sadleir, writing in 1927 of “the sensational perfection of Doctor Thorne.”

[Alex Cabal]

OK, great work as always. I've gone ahead and released it, thanks!

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