Project Gutenberg 2008-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 103 Trollope, Anthony 1815 1882 The Bertrams Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Delphine Lettau and Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. "The Bertrams" by Anthony Trollope is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story revolves around the lives of George Bertram and Arthur Wilkinson, two young men who experience the trials of ambition, competition, and societal expectations at Oxford University. As they navigate their academic journeys and personal challenges, the novel explores themes such as the pressure of success, the burdens of family obligations, and the impact of failure on self-worth. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the characters through a vivid reflection on the era's competitive nature, wherein both men face their personal struggles after their university exams. George emerges triumphant as a double-first, while Arthur is confronted with the disappointment of a second class degree. This academic rivalry sets the stage for their relationship, characterized by friendship yet haunted by feelings of inadequacy and the burden of expectations. As the two young men grapple with their futures—Arthur contemplating a life dedicated to the church and George facing the realities of his successes—they venture into a world where ambition is intricately tied to personal worth, setting the tone for the drama that will unfold throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Fiction Love stories Scholars -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1298279 1298179 2024-10-11T08:13:30.457331 2023-09-11T10:53:12.442324 text/html text/html 1312444 2010-06-06T17:31:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 473151 2010-06-06T17:39:11 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 542134 2024-10-11T08:13:46.212265 application/epub+zip 561168 2024-10-11T08:13:33.251353 application/epub+zip 561169 2024-10-11T08:13:31.589342 application/epub+zip 917973 2024-10-11T08:13:56.120314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 883367 2024-10-11T08:13:45.045261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 852599 2022-09-12T07:25:00.991628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1253199 1253150 2024-10-11T08:13:26.609371 2023-09-11T10:53:09.076288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1252966 2008-07-12T18:58:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 463586 2008-07-12T18:58:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1252995 2008-07-12T18:58:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 463508 2008-07-12T18:58:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21918 2024-10-11T08:13:56.265187 application/rdf+xml 9795 2024-10-11T08:13:32.185314 image/jpeg 2750 2024-10-11T08:13:31.891322 image/jpeg 528900 2024-10-11T08:13:30.572357 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