Trollope, Anthony [1815 - 1882] — HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT

London: Strahan and Company, Publishers 56, Ludgate Hill, 1869. 1st edition (Sadleir 31). Period tan half-leather bindings with light brown cloth boards. Marbled paper eps. TEG. 2 volumes: ix, [3], 384; ix, [3], 384 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings by Marcus Stone. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". General wear, with scuffs to leather. Volumes slightly cocked. Both vols with front joint splitting, with board held by cords. An About VG set. Herein Trollope's novel "describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a willful wife. As is common with Trollope's works, there are also several substantial subplots. Trollope makes constant allusions to Shakespeare's Othello throughout the novel. Trollope considered this work to be a failure; he viewed the main character as unsympathetic, and the secondary characters and plots as much more lively and interesting, but it is one of his best known novels. It was adapted for BBC One in 2004 by Andrew Davies.".