Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 297 Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Mr. Scarborough's Family Reading ease score: 81.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Steven desJardins, Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Mr. Scarborough's Family" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the complex relationships and conflicts within the Scarborough family, particularly focusing on the issues of legitimacy, inheritance, and the impact of family secrets on personal lives. Central characters include Mr. Scarborough, the enigmatic patriarch who reveals startling truths about his sons, Mountjoy and Augustus, whose lives are dramatically altered by their father's claims about their legitimacy and the subsequent struggle for inheritance. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Mr. Scarborough as he grapples with the implications of declaring his eldest son Mountjoy a bastard. Scarborough's selfish motivations to protect his wealth create tension, particularly as he reveals secrets that could devastate his family's reputation. The narrative encompasses various perspectives, including those of the two brothers—Mountjoy, a reckless officer burdened by gambling debts, and Augustus, the more pragmatic barrister left to navigate the fallout of his father’s confession. Additionally, the involvement of characters like Florence Mountjoy and Harry Annesley hints at romantic entanglements complicated by familial conflicts, setting the stage for drama and intrigue as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Fathers and sons -- Fiction Domestic fiction Hertfordshire (England) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1237632 1234788 2025-03-05T09:01:40.349800 2023-10-06T04:33:46.334065 text/html text/html 1235966 2020-12-14T19:44:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 427118 2020-12-14T19:44:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 519790 2025-03-05T09:01:56.190671 application/epub+zip 540932 2025-03-05T09:01:44.229734 application/epub+zip 523800 2025-03-05T09:01:42.614754 application/epub+zip 956625 2025-03-05T09:02:05.901604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 892817 2025-03-05T09:01:55.103658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 844400 2022-09-06T19:26:15.779835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1174161 1174065 2024-11-05T16:26:04.923245 2023-10-06T04:33:42.915049 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1175398 2020-12-14T19:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 419379 2020-12-14T19:44:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1175392 2020-12-14T19:44:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 419352 2020-12-14T19:44:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22461 2025-03-05T09:02:06.054606 application/rdf+xml 15333 2025-03-05T09:01:43.245717 image/jpeg 4224 2025-03-05T09:01:42.953723 image/jpeg 502501 2025-03-05T09:01:40.460764 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia