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John Oliver Hobbes

Robert Orange

Name: Robert Orange
Brand: Polyglot Publishing
SKU: 217a01ac-2c2b-2ac6-c23d-00eba0a744e3-vi-en
Price: 40.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: John Oliver Hobbes

Original publication: 1900
Bilingual edition: June 12, 2026
Pages: 595
Difficulty: ★★★
Genres: Romance, Philosophy
Translated from: English

Book summary

An English novel, sequel to The School for Saints. London, 1869: Robert Orange, a young Catholic Member of Parliament of French descent and a protégé of Disraeli, marries Brigit, a young widow he loves with an almost mystical devotion. On the very day of the wedding, word comes that Brigit's first husband, believed drowned, is alive: their marriage is therefore not valid. Torn between politics, his faith and the judgement of society, Orange must decide how to act, while the ambitious Lady Sara de Treverell takes an interest in him. A serious novel about love, honour and conscience.

The plot

A telegram for the newlyweds. Robert Orange, a young English Member of Parliament, has just married Brigit. They leave at once for a villa by the sea in France. On the mantelpiece, Robert finds a telegram: there is a…

The world of the book

The London of lords and MPs. The novel is set in London in 1869, in high society. Politics is done in clubs and at dinner parties. Everyone is judged by their family. Robert Orange is of French origin, and no one…

The author

A woman who wrote under a man’s name. Behind the name John Oliver Hobbes hides a woman, Pearl Craigie, born in Boston, in the United States, in 1867. She grows up in London and studies in London and Paris. In 1891, her…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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