Ralph the Heir
Author: first_name: Anthony
last_name: Trollope
Language: English
Year: 1871

 As usual, Trollope creates a nice variety of characters of different English classes, sentiments and positions. The primary themes are the inheritance of property, extravagance or reason in the spending of assets, the mating of young people, and the electoral practices of the time. The election chapters are based on Trollope's own experiences when he ran for Parliament.<br><br>There are, of course, many subplots which allow Trollope to express, through dialog,  his opinions about greed, snobber