Claverings

Harry Clavering is an able, ambitious young man whose love for a baronet's sister-in-law is first reciprocated, but then rebuffed as she chooses to marry a wealthy earl. Harry licks his wounds and trains for a career as a civil engineer.While in the home of his new patrons, he meets the daughter of the head of his firm, and they become engaged. But the earl dies, and Harry's first love is now free-and wealthy. The spark between them may be rekindled. It transpires that Harry is also "e;fickle, vain, easily led, and almost as easily led to evil as to good."e;Michael Sadleir grouped The Claverings, along with Doctor Thorne and Sir Harry Hotspur, as Trollope's "e;three faultless books."e;Perfect for readers who love Victorian romance with complex emotional depth and masterful character development.