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Classic Love Stories

The Claverings

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    Anthony Trollope's The Claverings is a classic romance novel. Key subjects include inheritance and succession, England and widows.

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    About The Claverings

    "The Claverings" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written in 1864 and serialized from 1866-1867. Harry Clavering, a young man pursuing engineering, finds himself torn between two women: Florence Burton, his devoted fiancée who insists they wait for financial stability, and the wealthy Lady Ongar, his former love now returned as a widow. Harry's weakness and indecision create a crisis of honor as he struggles with conflicting emotions and obligations, unable to commit fully to either woman while both deserve his honesty.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

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    • Inheritance and succession
    • England
    • Love stories
    • Widows
    • Triangles, Interpersonal relations

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    Who wrote The Claverings?

    The Claverings was written by Anthony Trollope.

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    It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

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    Readers who like it often enjoy The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1, The Woman in White and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

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