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Robert Orange

John Oliver Hobbes

Robert Orange

Paper book: €46.99

Digital: €15.99

Original publication
1900
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
752
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Romance, Philosophy
Moods
Fall in love, Think it through, Understand myself
Translated from
English

Book summary

London, 1869: Robert Orange, a young Catholic MP of French descent and a protégé of Disraeli, marries Brigit, a young widow whom he loves with an almost religious love. On the very day of the wedding, they learn that Brigit's first husband, believed drowned, is alive: so their marriage is not valid.

Torn between politics, his faith and the eyes of the world, Orange must decide how to act, while the ambitious Lady Sara de Treverell takes an interest in him. This novel is about love, honour and conscience.

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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…

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