tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post7074429610751786727..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On language in Dickens 3: namesDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-81688251926981763322012-06-18T03:23:05.474+00:002012-06-18T03:23:05.474+00:00The Duke of Omnium's ancestral pile is called ...The Duke of Omnium's ancestral pile is called Castle Gatherum.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-20938937955471207432012-06-14T06:41:22.914+00:002012-06-14T06:41:22.914+00:00If anything, the names Trollope gives to some of h...If anything, the names Trollope gives to some of his characters are even more apt, if perhaps a little less subtle. We have the lawyers Slow and Bideawhile, the medical men Dr Rerechild and Dr Fillgrave, the social climber Mr Lookaloft, the politician The Duke of Omniun (a.k.a. Plantagenet Palliser), Farmer Greenacre, the bishop’s wife Mrs Proudie, the productive parson Mr Quiverful and Major Fiasco.Barrie Englandhttp://realgrammar.posterous.com/noreply@blogger.com