The Duke's Children
by Anthony Trollope
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No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in England. Then they had gone abroad, taking with them their three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, had been at Oxford, but had his career there cut short by some more than ordinary youthful folly, which had induced his father to agree with the college authorities that his name had better be taken off the college books, - all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke.
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Social life and customs, Widowers, Literature, Romance, Parent and adult child, Fiction in English, Fiction, Conflict of generations, Family relationships, Prime ministers, Classic Literature, Nobility, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Plantagenet Palliser (Fictitious character), London (England) -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, Political fiction, Palliser, Plantagenet (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Prime ministers -- Family relationships -- Fiction, Conflict of generations -- Fiction, Parent and adult child -- Fiction, Widowers -- Fiction, Nobility -- FictionPlaces
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The duke's children
1974, Oxford University Press
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The Palliser Novels, book 6: The Duke's Children
Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. Sent down from university in disgrace, his two sons quickly begin to run up gambling debts. His only daughter, meanwhile, longs passionately to marry the poor son of a county squire against her father's will. But while the Duke's dearest wishes for the three are thwarted one by one, he ultimately comes to understand that parents can learn from their own children. The final volume in the Palliser novels, The Duke's Children (1880) is a compelling exploration of wealth, pride and ultimately the strength of love.
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