The Belton Estate

A very satisfactory Trollope novel. His skill at creating characters rarely disappoints. It appears that this edition was taken directly from the Gutenberg online book. There are many typos, punctuation errors repeats of words that become annoying after a few chapters. When reading wonderful Trollope dialogue, the reader does not want to stumble because a word is repeated two to three times in a row or fly through a sentence with no commas where needed.

I'm halfway through this book, and I'm really enjoying it. HOWEVER, the edition I received seems to have been copyedited by preschoolers. Most of the commas are missing, which makes it a challenge to decipher Trollope's often long, meandering sentences. And the text is littered with misspellings. Fortunately, it only took a few chapters for me to get in the rhythm of this comma-deprived edition, and I do like the story. I'd recommend this book only if you're a real Trollope devotee.

This Trollope novel has been one of my favorites for years, the character of Will Belton is wonderful, and the episodes between Clara and her fiance Frederick's family are priceless. There is so much to like about this story, it would be a shame for a reader to pass it up.