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Rachel Ray
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $51.95
Publisher: Lushena Books
Published: Jun 19 2025
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope is a Victorian novel centered on the life of a young woman navigating love, family expectations, and societal pressures in a small English town. Rachel falls in love with Luke Rowan, a charming but socially controversial suitor involved in the local brewery business. However, her conservative and deeply religious mother, influenced by a rigid clergyman, disapproves of the match and forbids the relationship.
The novel explores themes of female agency, social respectability, and the influence of religious dogma. In the end, truth and personal integrity prevail, and Rachel is reunited with Luke, overcoming the obstacles imposed by those around her. Trollope presents a gentle critique of religious hypocrisy and social conservatism through this intimate, character-driven story.
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