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Excerptson and his daughter; and the smaller is a freehold residence of a certain Miss Le Smyrger, who owned a farm of a hundred acres, which was rented by one Farmer Cloysey, and who also possessed some thirty acres round her own house, which she managed herself; regarding herself... Read Full Overview

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his position in the British Post Office... Read Full Overview

""The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne"" is a novel written by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1860. The story follows the life of Mary Lowther, the daughter of a country parson in the fictional village of Oxney Colne. Mary is a highly intelligent and independent woman who... Read Full Overview

""The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne"" is a novel written by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1860. The story revolves around the life of Mary Thorne, the daughter of a country parson, who lives in the village of Oxney Colne. Mary is a beautiful and intelligent young woman,... Read Full Overview

The Parson's daughter of Oxney Colne

The prettiest scenery in all England-and if I am contradicted in that assertion, I will say in all Europe-is in Devonshire, on the southern and south-eastern skirts of Dartmoor, where the rivers Dart, and Avon, and Teign form themselves, and where the broken moor is half cultivated,... Read Full Overview