John Caldigate, by Anthony Trollope, Editorial International
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After taking his degree at Cambridge, John Caldigate found himself, in consequence of certain amusements at Newmarket and elsewhere, heavily indebted to a moneylender, Davis, and with no means to meet his obligation. His father Daniel Caldigate, disgusted with his extravagance and folly, arranged through his banker friend Nicholas Bolton for the sale by his son of the reversion of the estate and for a mortgage to clear his debts. At Mr. Bolton's home where John went to sign the papers, he met, briefly, Bolton's young daughter Hester, and fell in love with her. With his college friend Dick Shand, he went out to New South Wales to try his fortune in goldmining. On the long voyage out he met Euphemia Smith, an adventuress, and was trapped into a quasi-engagement. The two young men had the good fortune to locate a paying mine and worked together until Dick, who had been drinking heavily, disappeared. John, in his loneliness, foolishly renewed his attentions to Euphemia Smith, and for a time they lived together. After John had acquired a considerable property he sold his mine and returned to England, where he was reconciled with his father and married Hester Bolton. Soon after the birth of his son, Euphemia Smith and Tim Crinkett a former partner to whom he had sold his interest in the mine, followed him to England to blackmail him into a repayment of £20,000. They alleged that the mine was worked out; that he had married Mrs. Smith in New South Wales; and that his marriage to Hester Bolton was bigamous. He recognized that there was a moral though not a legal claim for the return of part of the purchase price of the mine, but was advised against buying them off. In the course of the trial, however, he very foolishly did so, and when this became known, opinion ran against him. He was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The evidence against him rested largely on an envelope posted in Sydney, addressed by him to Mrs. Smith as Mrs. Caldigate. A postal clerk succeeded in proving that the postmark on the envelope was a forgery, and that the stamp was not issued until after the date of the postmark. At this fortunate moment Dick Shand returned and by his testimony proved that there had been no marriage. An appeal was made to the Home Office, and John received the Queen's pardon.
John Caldigate, by Anthony Trollope, Editorial International- Amazon Sales Rank: #5946896 in Books
- Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Published on: 2015-05-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .68" w x 6.00" l, .89 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
About the Author As young adult, Trollope endured seven years of poverty in the General Post Office in London before accepting a better-paying position as postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland in 1841. The years in Ireland formed the basis of his second career delineating clerical life in small cathedral towns.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Pretty good book By mcerner John Caldigate is a somewhat weak-willed man where women are concerned, as well as where gambling occurs, so he has managed to bankrupt himself as well as get himself "engaged" to several women through the course of the book, all because he can't say No when he should. Women cause him the greater trouble, but when he eventually returns home to England as a wealthy man (hard work was what made him so) and marries the woman he truly loves, his greatest troubles are now with business associates from his past and his wife's relations. What poses a disaster for himself and his wife (mother of his infant son) is a relationship he had with a "fast" woman, an actress, while he was making his fortune in Australia. She shows up in England, wanting money, and claims that she is actually John's wife. Thus John's marriage is bigamous, his son illegitmate, and his wife downfallen. The extent to which her family interferes, even to kidnapping the wife, is outrageous and dramatic. In fact, most of this book is high drama. It is very entertaining, and it resolves itself nicely, although all John's former "fiancees" do spend much time being thankful that they never married him. There is humor here, and there is tension. A very good read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Recommended only for true fans of Anthony Trollope's work. By Russell Fanelli John Caldigate, written in 1879, is the 24th novel of Anthony Trollope I have read and one of the very few of his books I cannot recommend, even though he is one of my favorite novelists and I always look forward to starting a new novel by him. At first I thought I would like this novel just as much as most of the others I have read. The story starts simply enough. John Caldigate is a likeable young man who leaves home and family in England and heads to the gold fields of Australia. On board ship he meets a poor but attractive young woman traveling with him in second class. Many of the other passengers, including the captain of the ship, warn young Caldigate to have nothing to do with Mrs. Smith, the name of the woman in question. John ignores good advice, establishes an intimate relationship with Mrs. Smith on board ship which he continues once they land in Australia.The Australian part of the story is genuinely interesting. Caldigate is a hard worker who is lucky enough to find gold and then smart enough to develop his claim and business interests. He becomes a wealthy man and decides to return home to England to resume his life there, but not with Mrs. Smith, who has become a gold miner herself and has had modest success with her holdings.Once home John Caldigate marries Hester Bolton, a young woman he had met only once before he left for Australia, but had never forgotten. Even though Hester's mother is adamantly against the marriage, the two young people do get married and appear to be genuinely happy. This happiness will not last long. Mrs. Smith and three other confederates come to England from Australia and attempt to extort 20,000 pounds from Caldigate. They say that they will accuse John of marrying Mrs. Smith in Australia and will expose him as a bigamist.Everything I have mentioned in this brief summary happens in the first third or so of the novel and it is all genuinely interesting to me. Sadly, the last two thirds of the novel get bogged down first in the trial of Caldigate for bigamy, then the trouble he and Hester have with family and friends, particularly Hester's mother, a genuinely mean and spiteful person who hates her son-in-law with a passion that is fueled by her religious zeal and belief that John Caldigate is truly an evil person. Caldigate may be many things, but evil is not one of them.I never had any doubt as to the outcome of this story. No spoilers here. Much of the novel is concerned with the trial and what happens to Hester Caldigate after the verdict is given. For me, it seemed as if we continued to explore at length issues that might easily have been disposed of without much description. For example, a tremendous amount of space is devoted to evidence used in the trial that later becomes even more important to the final outcome of the case. Also, not only Hester's mother and family, but also John Caldigate's friends and relatives cause a variety of problems for Hester that to me seemed endless and tiresome. John Caldigate himself at first appeared to me to be a likeable and intelligent fellow, but when charged with bigamy he seemed to lose whatever intelligence he possessed and acted in a manner to prejudice almost everyone against him.As mentioned earlier, I had a good idea how all of John Caldigate's problems would be resolved at the end of the story and I increased the rate of my reading to finally discover if I was correct, as indeed I was.I have reviewed many of Trollope's novels on Amazon and almost always have given them five stars because Trollope is one of the finest of all English writers in involving his reader in his stories. Invariably he takes us under his wing and talks to us as friends as we watch with him what happens to his cast of characters. Additionally, he involves us completely in his story; so much so that we find ourselves wanting to talk with his characters and give them support, advice, and counsel. In John Caldigate I found myself on the outside looking in, somewhat uninvolved and impatient to get to the end of the story. Three stars is the best I can do for this novel and recommend it only for true lovers of Anthony Trollope's work who want to read all the novels he has written.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Good but not worthy of a rereading By Maggie Jarpey Some of Trollope's books I eagerly look forward to rereading--it will be fun to read again about the outrageous Mrs. Proudie, for example, and about the slow realization of Ayala that the homely man with the great character and personality is in truth her "angel of light." But once is enough for me for John Caldigate, although I did enjoy it and do recommend it to Trollope fans. Being born in Australia myself, I was especially interested in the parts about gold mining there, and a friend of mine who is intrigued by gold mining and panning loved reading a description of that. Near the end I was obsessed with discovering how the trial came out and couldn't put the book (or, rather, my Kindle) down. The British justice system was thoroughly dealt with and was interesting. The chilling and eerily realistic portrait of Hester Bolton's mother, a puritanical religious fanatic, was fascinating to me. But it wouldn't be fun to read again about her!
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