John Bold loves Eleanor Harding, but is campaigning against her father, the Warden, for mismanagement of charitable funds. This witty love story combines a comic portrayal of life in an English cathedral close with larger social and political issues....
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John Bold loves Eleanor Harding, but is campaigning against her father, the Warden, for mismanagement of charitable funds. This witty love story combines a comic portrayal of life in an English cathedral close with larger social and political issues. This edition includes Trollope's last Barset fiction 'The Two Heroines of Plumplington'. Cover -- Contents -- Biographical Preface -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Anthony Trollope -- Trollope's Map of Barsetshire -- The Warden -- The Two Heroines of Plumplington -- Appendix 1: Trollope's Introduction to the Chronicles of Barsetshire (1878) -- Appendix 2: Trollope's Barsetshire Novels and the Church -- Explanatory Notes.
After the death of her much older husband, in a bitterly fought court case Lady Mason is accused of forging his will to give her son the property of Orley Farm. Examining the imperfect workings of the legal system, Orley Farm was considered by...
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After the death of her much older husband, in a bitterly fought court case Lady Mason is accused of forging his will to give her son the property of Orley Farm. Examining the imperfect workings of the legal system, Orley Farm was considered by Trollope's friends as 'the best I have written'. Cover -- Anthony Trollope:Orley Farm -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Biographical Preface -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Select Bibliography -- Autobiography and Letters -- Biographies -- Bibliographies -- General criticism and context -- Specifically on, or relevant to, Orley Farm -- A Chronology of Anthony Trollope -- Orley Farm -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Commencement of the Great Orley Farm Case -- Chapter 2: Lady Mason and her Son -- Chapter 3: The Cleeve -- Chapter 4: The Perils of Youth -- Chapter 5: Sir Peregrine Makes a Second Promise -- Chapter 6: The Commercial Room, Bull Inn, Leeds -- Chapter 7: The Masons of Groby Park -- Chapter 8: Mrs Mason's Hot Luncheon -- Chapter 9: A Convivial Meeting -- Chapter 10: Mr, Mrs, and Miss Furnival -- Chapter 11: mrs furnival at home -- Chapter 12: Mr Furnival's Chambers -- Chapter 13: Guilty, or Not Guilty -- Chapter 14: Dinner at the Cleeve -- Chapter 15: A Morning Call at Mount Pleasant Villa -- Chapter 16: Mr Dockwrath in Bedford Row -- Chapter 17: Von Bauhr -- Chapter 18: The English Von Bauhr -- Chapter 19: The Staveley Family -- Chapter 20: Mr Dockwrath in His Own Office -- Chapter 21: Christmas in Harley Street -- Chapter 22: Christmas at Noningsby -- Chapter 23: Christmas at Groby Park -- Chapter 24: Christmas in Great St Helen's -- Chapter 25: Mr Furnival Again at His Chambers -- Chapter 26: Why Should I Not? -- Chapter 27: Commerce -- Chapter 28: Monkton Grange -- Chapter 29: Breaking Covert -- Chapter 30: Another Fall -- Chapter 31: Footsteps in the Corridor -- Chapter 32: What Bridget Bolster Had to Say -- Chapter 33: The Angel of Light -- Chapter 34: Mr Furnival Looks for Assistance -- Chapter 35: Love Was Still the Lord of All * -- Chapter 36: What the Young Men Thought About It -- Chapter 37: Peregrine's Eloquence.
