Frank Gresham

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Frank Gresham is a central character in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Doctor Thorne," portrayed as a young English gentleman torn between love and the financial pressures of his aristocratic family.

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Frank Gresham canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Doctor Thorne
associatedWith Doctor Thorne (character)
Gresham House
surface form: Gresham family estate

Mary Thorne
characterTrait dutiful
honourable
romantic
conflict family expectations versus personal desire
love versus financial obligation
countryOfCitizenship England
creator Anthony Trollope
familyName Gresham
fictionalUniverse Chronicles of Barsetshire
surface form: Barsetshire novels
firstPublicationContext Doctor Thorne
surface form: Doctor Thorne (1858)
genre Victorian novel
hasFather Mr Gresham
hasLoveInterest Mary Thorne
hasMother Lady Arabella Gresham
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation gentleman
pressuredBy Lady Arabella Gresham
pressuredTo marry for money
settingOfActivity Greshamsbury
socialClass aristocracy
themeInvolvement class and social mobility
inheritance and property
romantic love

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Doctor Thorne mainCharacter Frank Gresham
Lady Arabella Gresham hasChild Frank Gresham
Mary Thorne is the ward of Doctor Thorne loveInterest Frank Gresham
subject surface form: Mary Thorne
Mary Thorne romanticInterest Frank Gresham
Mary Thorne loveInterestOf Frank Gresham