Doctor Thorne
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Doctor Thorne is a arts podcast hosted by Anthony Trollope. It has 47 episodes, with the latest published July 2010.
Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personalities of the Church of England, or politics on the national level (though there is lots of politicking in the mythical county of Barsetshire itself). The plot revolves around the illegitimate Mary Thorne, who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a country doctor, and who, as she comes of age, finds herself wondering whether she is a lady (in the county sense of the term). Frank Gresham, son of the squire of Greshamsbury, is in love with her (much against the wishes of his noble de Courcy relatives at the Castle), but she dismisses his affection at first as mere puppy love, thereby setting the scene for a series of entanglements, social, romantic, and of course, financial and propertied (never far from the action in Trollope's works). Their resolution, of course, makes up the meat of the novel. One critic has remarked that in Doctor Thorne Troll
arts ·en ·47 episodes
01 - The Greshams of Greshamsbury
02 - Long, Long Ago
03 - Doctor Thorne
04 - Lessons from Courcy Castle
05 - Frank Gresham's First Speech
06 - Frank Gresham's Early Loves
07 - The Doctor's Garden
08 - Matrimonial Prospects
09 - Sir Roger Scatcherd
10 - Sir Roger's Will
11 - The Doctor Drinks His Tea
12 - When Greek Meets Greek, Then Comes the Tug of War
13 - The Two Uncles
14 - Sentence of Exile
15 - Courcy
16 - Miss Dunstable
17 - The Election
18 - The Rivals
19 -The Duke of Omnium
20 - The Proposal
21 - Mr. Moffat Falls Into Trouble
22 - Sir Roger is Unseated
23 - Retrospective
24 - Louis Scatcherd
25 - Sir Roger Dies
26 - War
27 - Miss Thorne Goes on a Visit
28 - The Doctor Hears Something to His Advantage
29 - The Donkey Ride
30 - Post Prandial
31 - The Small End of the Wedge
32 - Mr. Oriel
33 - A Morning Visit
A Barouche and Four Arrives at Greshamsbury
35 - Sir Louis Goes Out to Dinner
36 - Will He Come Again?
37 - Sir Louis Leaves Greshamsbury
38 - De Courcy Precepts and de Courcy Practice
39 - What the World Says about Blood
40 - The Two Doctors Change Patients
41 - Doctor Thorne Won't Interfere
42 - What Can You Give in Return?
43 - The Race of Scatcherd Becomes Extinct
44 - Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning
45 - Law Business in London
46 - Our Pet Fox Finds a Tail
47 - How the Bride Was Received, and Who Were Asked to the Wedding
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