![]() ![]() Influenced by the romance of Switzerland, by Kate's contriving to restore George to Alice's favour, and by her own misgivings about John's shortcomings, Alice jilts her second fiancé.Īlice's noble but despised relations are shocked, but their protests only strengthen Alice's resolve, and she eventually renews her engagement to George, who seems charismatic, ambitious and alluring, in contrast to John. John, trusting in his love, makes only the slightest protest about Alice’s planned tour of Switzerland with her cousin Kate, George's sister, even when he learns George is to go with them as their male protector. She had previously been engaged to her cousin George, but broke it off after he went through a wild period. Lady Glencora and her husband Plantagenet Palliser recur in the remainder of the series.Īlice Vavasor, a young woman of twenty-four, is engaged to the wealthy, respectable, dependable if unambitious and bland, John Grey. ![]() Early on, Alice asks the question "What should a woman do with her life?" This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel. ![]() The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. It is the first of six novels in the Palliser series, also known as the Parliamentary Novels. II) Ĭan You Forgive Her? is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in serial form in 18. ![]()
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