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Trollope's Doctor Thorne.(Critical Essay)
From: The Explicator
Date: 20020922
Author:Noonkester, Myron C.
Concluding sentences of chapter 30 of Anthony Trollope's Doctor Thorne announce that, during a period of self-imposed banishment, Frank Gresham, heir to the encumbered estate of Greshamsbury, will defer his marriage to
Mary Thorne, niece and ward of the eponymous hero of the novel. The term of Frank's exile is precise. Frank "was absent for the full period of his allotted banishment--twelve months, namely, and a day." (1) The subsequent chapter provides an explanation for this arrangement. "Frank Gresham," it is asserted, "was absent from Greshamsbury twelve months and a day: ...
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