<strong>Dr Thorne</strong> is human, reticent, stern and honourable. He has the strength to stand up to his destructive prejudices and fears of mid-Victorian so... » 

Dr Thorne is human, reticent, stern and honourable. He has the strength to stand up to his destructive prejudices and fears of mid-Victorian society but at the same time does not abandon its traditional values. This book is about the problem of a potentially unsuitable marriage. «