Castle Richmond
Author: first_name: Anthony
last_name: Trollope
Language: English
Year: 1906

Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fitzgerald and his cousin Owen Fitzgerald. Clara – whose previously ‘great’ family is almost bankrupt – is initially attracted to Owen, but whose dissolute lifestyle is a handicap. The matter is further complicated by the fact that Lady Desmond, Clara’s mother, is in love with Owen.<br /><br />

Meanwhile, Herbert supplants Owen in Clara’s affections. Herbert