The Duke's Children

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The Duke's Children is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that concludes his Palliser series, focusing on the personal and political challenges faced by the Duke of Omnium and his adult children.

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instanceOf Victorian novel
novel
abridgedIn original 1880 book edition
author Anthony Trollope
centralConflict children's romantic choices versus social expectations
centralEvent widowhood of the Duke of Omnium
concludesSeries Palliser series
surface form: Palliser novels
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstBookEditionYear 1880
firstPublicationForm serialisation
firstPublicationMedium All the Year Round
firstPublicationYear 1880
focusesOn lives of the Duke of Omnium's adult children
personal challenges of the Duke of Omnium
political challenges of the Duke of Omnium
followsEventsOf The Prime Minister
genre family saga
political novel
social novel
hasAdaptation radio drama adaptation
hasAudiobook unabridged audiobook recording
hasUnabridgedEdition restored complete text published in the 21st century
language English
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mainCharacter Duke of Omnium
Plantagenet Palliser
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Isabel Boncassen
Lady Mary Palliser
Lord Gerald Palliser
Lord Silverbridge
Mabel Grex
partOf Chronicles of Barsetshire
surface form: Chronicles of Barsetshire and Palliser shared universe
positionInSeries sixth novel in the Palliser series
prequel The Prime Minister
publisher Chapman and Hall
restoredBy The Folio Society
restoredTextEditor Steven Amarnick
series Palliser series
surface form: Palliser novels
settingCountry England
settingPeriod Victorian era
theme aristocratic family life
generational conflict
grief and bereavement
marriage and social class
politics and public service

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Palliser family appearsIn The Duke's Children
this entity surface form: The Duke’s Children
Palliser series hasPart The Duke's Children
Palliser series lastNovel The Duke's Children
Anthony Trollope notableWork The Duke's Children
The Prime Minister relatedWork The Duke's Children