‘God Tempers the Wind to the Shorn Lamb’

Trollope admits that his leading character, Lady Mary, is seriously flawed, and that some readers might feel she is not appropriate as a heroine. But he also believes that her story invites sympathy and forgiveness, and reminds us that God himself is gentle towards those who have come to repentance through suffering.

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