Sean O’s Reviews > The Belton Estate > Status Update

Only one subplot: woman marries abusive drunk, leaves abusive drunk, changes name, marries someone else. First husband dies of drink. Random person attempts to expose said woman.

I’m hoping that Trollope will take the “bigamy is not that big a deal” route.

Clara is really pigheaded.

I do wish that the women in trollope’s novels had reasons for their proposal anxiety. The ones who dither around just to complicate the plot are always the heroines (Ayala, Clara Amedroz) and the ones who make clear decisions are always the problems and have sad ends (Julia Brabazon, Laura Standish.)