This novel is psychological, emotional, intimate, and bold. A story about love, desire, loyalty, and the risks were willing to take to find ourselves.
Doctor Thorne remains indisputably one of Trollopes greatest achievements. Paradoxically, it was not a favourite with its author, but then, as so often, he was a poor judge of his own work. Interestingly, the plot was devised not by the author but by his brother Tom with whom he was staying in Florence when, as he confessed, I was cudgelling my brain for a plot.
Zéni, a resilient young woman, escapes from prison with one goal: to save someone close to her. Her past, marked by crime and a deep involvement in the world of drugs, has caught up with her, but family remains her top priority.
