Can You Forgive Her?

Anthony Trollope's writing was always admired for his excellent portrayal of the life in the great drawing rooms of mid-Victorian England. It is a life filled with greediness and wantonness with respect to both social and political power, and love. Can You Forgive Her?, the story of Alice Vavasor, is a perfect example of this excellency. The novel is the first in his magnificent Palliser series, which tells of the life and times of Lady Glencora Palliser. It is a world dominated by money, love, and politics: all for which women are busy trying to acquire at the expense of their hearts' desire.