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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title: The Vicar of Wrexhill

Author and Title: Frances Milton Trollope. The Vicar of Wrexhill

First Edition: London: Bentley, 1837. 3 volumes, post 8vo., 24s.

Summary: Illustrated by Auguste Hervieu. The eponymous evangelical clergyman plots to take control over a wealthy family after the father dies and too trustingly leaves everything in the hands of the widowed mother. Trollope’s sympathies clearly lie with the Established Church. (LP)

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References: BL; EC; Harvard; Illinois; Sutherland; Wolff

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