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When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm, near London, to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil. Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley Farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to try new intensive farming methods. Aggrieved, and knowing of the original case, Dockwrath investigates and finds a second deed signed by the same witnesses on the same date, though they can remember signing only one. He travels to Groby Park in Yorkshire, where Joseph Mason the younger lives with his comically parsimonious wife, and persuades Mason to have Lady Mason prosecuted for perjury. The prosecution fails, but Lady Mason later confesses privately that she committed the forgery, and is prompted by conscience to give up the estate.

The Eustace Diamonds revolves around Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace and is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. While clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws; the greatest of these is an almost pathological delight in lying, even when it cannot benefit her. Before he dies, the disillusioned Sir Florian discovers all this, but does not think to change the generous terms of his will. The diamonds of the title are a necklace, a family heirloom that Sir Florian gave to Lizzie to wear. Though they belong to her husbands estate (and thus eventually will be the property of her son), Lizzie refuses to relinquish them. She lies about the terms under which they were given to her, leaving their ownership unclear. The indignant Eustace family lawyer, Mr. Camperdown, strives to retrieve the necklace, putting the Eustaces in an awkward position. On the one hand, the diamonds are valuable and Lizzie may not have a legal claim to them, but on the other, they do not want to antagonize the mother of the heir to the family estate.

Marion Fay relates two contrasting love affairs, each involving an aristocrat and a commoner! Marion Fay, a Quaker and daughter of a City clerk is being passionately pursued by the seditious Lord Hampstead, while the other romance involves the young and beautiful Clara Trollope brightly evokes the grey working lives, plain homes, blank streets, and limited horizons of the dwellers in Paradise Row, all hoping for a better tomorrow

A wealthy young English gentleman, Louis Trevelyan, visits the fictional Mandarin Islands, a distant British possession, and becomes smitten with Emily Rowley, the eldest daughter of the governor, Sir Marmaduke Rowley. The Rowleys accompany Trevelyan to London, where he marries Emily. When the rest of the family goes home, Emilys sister Nora remains behind, under Trevelyans protection. The marriage is initially a happy one and the couple have a baby boy. Then a seemingly minor matter undermines their marriage. Colonel Osborne, an old friend of Sir Marmadukes, visits Emily much too frequently for her husbands taste. Though nothing improper occurs, Trevelyan orders his wife to avoid the man in future. Emily resents his lack of trust and makes no attempt to hide it. From that point, their relationship starts deteriorating.

Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding as warden of Hirams Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Contents:Chronicles of Barsetshire:The WardenBarchester TowersDoctor ThorneFramley ParsonageThe Small House at AllingtonThe Last Chronicle of BarsetPalliser Novels:Can You Forgive Her?Phineas FinnThe Eustace DiamondsPhineas ReduxThe Prime MinisterThe Dukes ChildrenIrish Novels:The Macdermots of BallycloranThe Kellys and the OKellysCastle RichmondAn Eye for an EyeThe LandleaguersOther Novels:La VendeeThe Three ClerksThe BertramsOrley FarmThe Struggles of Brown, Jones & RobinsonRachel RayMiss MackenzieThe Belton EstateThe ClaveringsNina BalatkaLinda TresselHe Knew He Was RightThe Vicar of BullhamptonSir Harry Hotspur of HumblethwaiteRalph the HeirThe Golden Lion of GranpereHarry Heathcote of GangoilLady AnnaThe Way We Live NowThe American SenatorIs He Popenjoy?John CaldigateCousin HenryAyalas AngelDoctor Wortles SchoolThe Fixed PeriodKept in the DarkMarion FayMr. Scarboroughs FamilyAn Old Mans LoveShort Stories:Tales of All Countries:La Mere BaucheThe OConors of Castle ConorJohn Bull on the GuadalquivirMiss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, JamaicaThe Courtship of Susan BellRelics of General ChasseLotta Schmidt & Other StoriesAn Editors TalesWhy Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and other StoriesOther StoriesPlays:Did He Steal It?The Noble JiltTravel Writings:The West Indies and the Spanish MainNorth AmericaSouth AfricaHow the Mastiffs Went to IcelandSketches:Hunting SketchesTravelling SketchesClergymen of the Church of EnglandStudies & Essays:The Commentaries of CaesarThackerayLife of CiceroLord PalmerstonA Walk in a WoodOn Anonymous LiteratureOn English Prose Fiction as Rational AmusementOn the Higher Education of WomenThe Civil Service as a ProfessionThe National GalleryClarissaThe Uncontrolled Ruffianism of LondonThe Young Women at the London Telegraph OfficeAn Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of Anthony Trollope" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Contents:Chronicles of Barsetshire:The WardenBarchester TowersDoctor ThorneFramley ParsonageThe Small House at AllingtonThe Last Chronicle of BarsetPalliser Novels:Can You Forgive Her?Phineas FinnThe Eustace DiamondsPhineas ReduxThe Prime MinisterThe Dukes ChildrenIrish Novels:The Macdermots of BallycloranThe Kellys and the OKellysCastle RichmondAn Eye for an EyeThe LandleaguersOther Novels:La VendeeThe Three ClerksThe BertramsOrley FarmThe Struggles of Brown, Jones & RobinsonRachel RayMiss MackenzieThe Belton EstateThe ClaveringsNina BalatkaLinda TresselHe Knew He Was RightThe Vicar of BullhamptonSir Harry Hotspur of HumblethwaiteRalph the HeirThe Golden Lion of GranpereHarry Heathcote of GangoilLady AnnaThe Way We Live NowThe American SenatorIs He Popenjoy?John CaldigateCousin HenryAyalas AngelDoctor Wortles SchoolThe Fixed PeriodKept in the DarkMarion FayMr. Scarboroughs FamilyAn Old Mans LoveAn Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

"An Editors Tales" describes a series of encounters between various magazine editors and those who wish to have their works published. While containing some amusing bits, the tales are relatively grim compared to most Trollope stories. In "The Turkish Bath", an editor, upon visiting a Turkish bath, is accosted by an Irish stranger, who, after some conversation, requests to submit a manuscript to the magazine. The editors reactions to the solicitation and subsequent familiarity with the writers circumstances forms the frame of the story. Humor arises about the Turkish bath situation and the reluctance of editors to make themselves available to amateur writers."Mary Gresley" is the rather sad tale of a young girls giving up her writing career to satisfy the deathbed wish of the curate she was engaged to. The editor in this tale (and also in the next) becomes rather involved emotionally with the girl and wishes her to continue writing."Josephine de Montmorenci" is actually the proposed pen name of a disabled young lady, who only becomes acquainted with the editor because her attractive sister-in law-initially pretends to be that author."The Panjandrum" (meaning "appearing to be important") is a magazine proposed by a group of literate but incompatible, inexperienced, would-be writers. The clash of personalities brings about the demise of the venture."The Spotted Dog" is the story of a writer down on his luck. He and his wife drink excessively. Hes well educated and the editor offers him the task of indexing the work of a third person, but his drunken wife destroys the manuscript."Mrs. Brumby" is the most amusing of the tales. In this one the editor encounters a poor writer who is, unfortunately for him, also a remarkably aggressive and ambitious woman.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Last Chronicle of Barset (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Last Chronicle of Barset concerns an indigent but learned clergyman, the Reverend Josiah Crawley, the perpetual curate of Hogglestock, as he stands accused of stealing a cheque. The novel is notable for the non-resolution of a plot continued from the previous novel in the series, The Small House at Allington, involving Lily Dale and Johnny Eames. Its main storyline features the courtship of the Rev. Mr Crawleys daughter, Grace, and Major Henry Grantly, son of the wealthy Archdeacon Grantly. The Archdeacon, although allowing that Grace is a lady, doesnt think her of high enough rank or wealth for his widowed son; his position is strengthened by the Reverend Mr Crawleys apparent crime.Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters. Trollopes literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.

The Chronicles of Barsetshire is a series of six novels, set in the fictional English county of Barsetshire and its cathedral town of Barchester. The novels concern the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social manuvrings that go on among and between them.Table of Contents:The WardenBarchester TowersDoctor ThorneFramley ParsonageThe Small House at AllingtonThe Last Chronicle of BarsetAn Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

"Phineas Redux" is the fourth book in Trollopes Palliser series and continues the story begun in the second book, "Phineas Finn".After the death of his Irish wife, Phineas Finn returns to London and to the House of Commons. But though drawn back apparently irresistibly, he never approaches politics with the zest of earlier days.What Trollope describes, in some of his most powerful writing, is a sad, at times almost sombre, progress towards maturity and self-wisdom.Novels in the Palliser series:1- Can You Forgive Her? (1864)2- Phineas Finn (1869)3- The Eustace Diamonds (1873)4- Phineas Redux (1874)5- The Prime Minister (1876)6- The Dukes Children (1879)The series overlaps with Trollopes Chronicles of Barsetshire, also a series of six novels, which deal with life in the fictional county where the Palliser family is politically important.

"Phineas Finn" Finn is the only son of a successful Irish doctor, Dr Malachi Finn of Killaloe, County Clare, who sends him to London to become a lawyer. He proves to be a lackadaisical student, but being pleasant company and strikingly handsome to boot, he makes many influential friends. One of them, a politician, Barrington Erle, suggests that he stand for Parliament in the coming election. At first, the idea seems absurd. Finn is supported solely by a modest allowance from his father, but a stroke of luck clears his path and he wins his seat by a small margin. He makes the acquaintance of a charming, clever foreigner, Madame Max Goesler, the young and beautiful widow of a rich Jewish banker. More materially, he is appointed to a well-paid government position, in which he excels. It seems as if he is finally secure, but a visit to Ireland brings new upsets in his life and career."Phineas Redux" His beloved wife having died during pregnancy, Phineas Finn finds Irish society and his modest government position in Ireland dull and unsatisfying after the excitement of his former career as a Member of Parliament. Back in England, the Liberals are determined to overturn the Conservative majority in Parliament. As Finn had been considered the most promising of the younger set, he is encouraged to stand for Parliament again. Returning to London, he renews his acquaintance with the wealthy widow Madame Max Goesler. In the political arena, Finn makes an enemy within his own party. Mr. Bonteen makes disparaging remarks about his political trustworthiness. The conflict spirals out of control when neither man will back down, and they become bitter foes. When Mr. Bonteen is murdered, Finn is one of the suspects and it becomes the sensation of all England.

The Palliser Novels is a series of six novels by Anthony Trollope. The common threads throughout the series are the wealthy aristocrat and politician Plantagenet Palliser, and his delightfully spontaneous, even richer wife, Lady Glencora. The plots involve British and Irish politics in varying degrees, specifically in and around Parliament. The novels were more commonly known as the Parliamentary Novels, before the BBC aired a television adaptation.Table of Contents:Can You Forgive Her?Phineas FinnThe Eustace DiamondsPhineas ReduxThe Prime MinisterThe Dukes ChildrenAn Autobiography

This carefully crafted ebook: "Barchester Towers (The Classic Unabridged Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Barchester Towers is the second novel in Anthony Trollopes series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". Among other things it satirises the then raging antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Instead, owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding (protagonist of Trollopes earlier novel, The Warden) as warden of Hirams Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support. Anthony Trollope (18151882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters. Trollopes literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.

The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly warden of Hirams Hospital and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Hirams Hospital is an almshouse supported by a medieval charitable bequest to the Diocese of Barchester. Mr Harding was appointed to this position through the patronage of his old friend the Bishop of Barchester, who is also the father of Archdeacon Grantly to whom Hardings older daughter, Susan, is married. The warden, who lives with his remaining child, an unmarried younger daughter Eleanor, performs his duties conscientiously. The story concerns the impact upon Harding and his circle when a zealous young reformer, John Bold, launches a campaign to expose the disparity in the apportionment of the charitys income between its object, the bedesmen, and its officer, Mr Harding.

The novel follows three parallel stories of courtship and marriage and the decisions of three women: Alice Vavasor, her cousin Glencora Palliser, and her aunt Arabella Greenow. Alice Vavasor, a young woman of twenty-four, is engaged to the wealthy, respectable, dependable if unambitious and bland, John Grey. She had previously been engaged to her cousin George, but she broke it off after he went through a wild period. A second story involves the comic rivalry between the wealthy farmer Cheesacre and the pauper soldier Captain Bellfield for the affections (and substantial inheritance) of the widow Mrs Greenow. The third story deals with the marriage of the extremely rich Plantagenet Palliser to the even wealthier heiress, Lady Glencora MCluskie. They are not very well suited. He is a stiff-necked, hardworking politician in line to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, while she has a lively, fun-loving personality and a well-developed sense of humour. Early on, Alice asks the question "What should a woman do with her life?" This theme repeats itself in the dilemmas faced by the other women in the novel.

In The Life of Cicero, Volume One by Anthony Trollope, readers are provided with an in-depth exploration of the life and times of the legendary Roman statesman and orator, Cicero. Trollopes literary style is characterized by meticulous attention to historical detail and a compelling narrative that brings ancient Rome to life. Through his vivid descriptions, Trollope allows readers to immerse themselves in the political intrigues and philosophical debates that shaped Ciceros world, making for a captivating and educational read. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Roman history or classical literature, as Trollopes portrayal of Cicero offers a nuanced and insightful perspective on one of Romes most prominent figures. By blending historical facts with engaging storytelling, Trollope ensures that readers both enjoy and learn from The Life of Cicero, Volume One. Anthony Trollopes background as a respected Victorian-era novelist and historian undoubtedly influenced his decision to delve into the life of Cicero. His expertise in crafting compelling narratives and his passion for historical research shine through in this meticulously researched biography, making it a must-read for anyone with an interest in ancient Rome or biographical literature.

In "The West Indies and the Spanish Main," Anthony Trollope embarks on a captivating exploration of the Caribbean, weaving keen observations with vivid storytelling. Written during the late 19th century, a period marked by colonial expansion and heightened interest in tropical locales, this travelogue reflects Trollopes characteristic narrative styleAiaccessible yet richly detailed. He juxtaposes the beauty of the landscapes with the complexities of colonial politics, social issues, and economic challenges, enhancing the readers understanding of the regions cultural tapestry. Trollopes acute social insights and his ability to capture the essence of place make this work a significant contribution to the genre of travel literature. Anthony Trollope, renowned for his keen social commentary and extensive literary output, was profoundly influenced by his travels and the political context of his era. His background as an Anglican cleric and his experiences in British colonial administration equipped him with a unique perspective on the dynamics of empire and its impact on local societies. This blend of professional insight and personal curiosity about the world inspired Trollope to document his observations in a way that is both enlightening and entertaining, inviting readers to contemplate the broader implications of colonialism. For readers interested in the intersection of travel and literature, "The West Indies and the Spanish Main" is an essential read that not only entertains but also educates about the socio-political landscape of the Caribbean during a critical period. TrollopeAos lucid prose and perceptive commentary compel the reader to reflect on the complexities of identity and cultural exchange, making this work a valuable addition to any literary collection.