Doctor Thorne

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literary work novel

Doctor Thorne is an 1858 novel by Anthony Trollope, part of his Chronicles of Barsetshire series, focusing on class, inheritance, and moral integrity in Victorian England.

Aliases (1)

Doctor Thorne (2016 television series) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work → novel →
adaptationCountry	United Kingdom →
adaptationLanguage	English →
adaptationType	television drama →
author	Anthony Trollope →
centralConflict	love versus social expectations → marriage versus money →
centralPlotDevice	hidden inheritance → secret parentage →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
firstPublicationFormat	book →
focusesOn	landed aristocracy → professional middle class → provincial gentry →
genre	Victorian novel → romantic novel → social novel →
hasAdaptation	Doctor Thorne (2016 television series) →
hasCharacterRelationship	Frank Gresham is in love with Mary Thorne → Mary Thorne is the ward of Doctor Thorne → Sir Roger Scatcherd is a patient of Doctor Thorne →
literaryMovement	realism →
literarySignificance	key work in the Chronicles of Barsetshire →
mainCharacter	Doctor Thomas Thorne → Frank Gresham → Lady Arabella Gresham → Louis Scatcherd → Mary Thorne → Sir Roger Scatcherd →
mainTheme	class → illegitimacy → inheritance → money and property → moral integrity → social mobility →
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	Barsetshire novels →
prequel	Barchester Towers →
publicationYear	1858 →
publisher	Chapman and Hall →
sequel	Framley Parsonage →
series	Chronicles of Barsetshire →
settingCountry	England →
settingPeriod	Victorian era →
settingRegion	fictional county of Barsetshire →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archdeacon Grantly →	appearsIn
Barchester Towers →	followedBy
Doctor Thorne ("Doctor Thorne (2016 television series)") →	hasAdaptation
Chronicles of Barsetshire →	hasPart
Framley Parsonage →	hasWorkInSameSeries
Anthony Trollope →	notableWork
Framley Parsonage →	prequel
Barsetshire →	settingFor
Chronicles of Barsetshire →	thirdWork