'Marion’s father Zachary lives by traditional Quaker values but cannot resist some pride at the idea his daughter might marry an earl.' Photo: Book cover and detail of Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
Author: Anthony Trollope. Review by John Lampen.
by John Lampen
8th March 2024
Lovers of Anthony Trollope’s novels generally admire his skill in depicting the lives and feelings of young women. But you may not know that one of his last heroines is a Friend. Trollope did not always have a high opinion of Quakers, once writing of our ‘low character for commercial honesty and a certain flavour of pretentious hypocrisy’! But Marion Fay is depicted as a woman who is generous, principled, passionate – an example of the best a Quaker might be.
