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 Project Gutenberg 2008-05-23 Public domain in the USA. 113 Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 Ralph the Heir Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "Ralph the Heir" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Sir Thomas Underwood, a reserved and somewhat melancholic barrister, who, after a series of disappointments in his professional life and personal relationships, finds himself confronted with new responsibilities when his orphaned niece, Mary Bonner, arrives from Jamaica to stay with him and his two daughters. The narrative explores themes of familial obligations, social expectations, and the often complicated dynamics of love and duty. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Sir Thomas, a man in his sixties who has struggled to form intimate connections throughout his life due to his reticent nature. He has two daughters, Clarissa and Patience, who lead a somewhat isolated life in their villa at Fulham. The plot thickens with the impending arrival of Mary Bonner, who becomes a source of both anxiety and intrigue for Sir Thomas and the sisters. As the narrative unfolds, the opening chapters reveal Sir Thomas's internal conflicts concerning his new ward and hint at the burgeoning romantic tension between Clarissa and Ralph Newton, a young man who has been a close acquaintance of the family, complicating the household dynamics further. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Fathers and sons -- Fiction England -- Fiction Domestic fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1236802 1236746 2024-10-11T06:06:09.488751 2023-09-11T09:12:28.434508 text/html text/html 1249994 2012-06-26T14:35:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3998766 2021-01-03T15:52:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4085525 2024-10-11T06:06:26.105657 application/epub+zip 4091658 2024-10-11T06:06:12.386759 application/epub+zip 528170 2024-10-11T06:06:10.672786 application/epub+zip 4422555 2024-10-11T06:06:36.249622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4381456 2024-10-11T06:06:23.657690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804432 2022-09-12T04:57:52.346302 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1191291 1191262 2024-10-11T06:06:07.063772 2023-09-11T09:12:26.337495 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1191095 2021-01-03T15:52:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 433470 2021-01-03T15:52:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1191111 2021-01-03T15:52:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433423 2021-01-03T15:52:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22207 2024-10-11T06:06:36.421597 application/rdf+xml 10926 2024-10-11T06:06:11.259797 image/jpeg 3078 2024-10-11T06:06:10.965730 image/jpeg 4051858 2024-10-11T06:06:09.685811 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia