TY - BOOK AU - Anthony Trollope TI - Doctor Thorne SN - 9780140621365 AV - PR5684 U1 - 823.8 PY - 1994/// PB - Penguin Books Ltd KW - Historical Fiction N2 - Doctor Thorne (1858) by Anthony Trollope is one of the charming series of loosely connected novels set in Barsetshire. This is the third book to appear in the series, but may be read as a standalone work, and enjoyed on its own merits. While the good Dr. Thomas Thorne is at the heart of the novel, it is the romantic story of his niece Mary Thorne and Frank Gresham -- a story with the playful sensibility of Jane Austen and the heartwarming cheer of Dickens ER -