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The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope, Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
'Of course there was a Great House at Allington. How otherwise should there have been a small house?' The Great House is home to Squire Dale, the Small House to his widowed sister-in-law, Mrs Dale, and her tow unmarried daughters, Lily and Bell. Both girls have two suitors: in Lily's case John Eames, a ...Show more
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction
"What a villain you are ...a villain and a poor weak silly fool. She was too good for you." Engaged to the ambitious and self-serving Adolphus Crosbie, Lily Dale is devastated when he jilts her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina. Although crushed by his faithlessness, Lily still believes she is bound ...Show more
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics
'She had resolved to trust in everything, and, having so trusted, she would not provide for herself any possibility of retreat.' Lively and attractive, Lily Dale lives with her mother and sister at the Small House at Allington. She falls passionately in love with the suave Adolphus Crosbie, and is d ...Show more
The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope
Category: Fiction
First published in 1857, "The Three Clerks" was Anthony Trollope's sixth novel and was written mostly in railway carriages, since his work for the Post Office still entailed a good deal of travelling. To make life easier for himself, Trollope had devised what he called his 'tablet', a square block which ...Show more
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
The gateway to Barsetshire. The reader is introduced to Mr Harding the Warden of Hiram's Hospital and to his son-in-law Archdeacon Grantly.
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: English Library
Anthony Trollope's "The Warden" is the first of his well-loved "Chronicles of Barsetshire", edited with an introduction and notes by Robin Gilmour in "Penguin Classics". The tranquil atmosphere of the cathedral town of Barchester is shattered when a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a C ...Show more
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Category: Fiction | Series: Evergreens Ser.
When the peaceful atmosphere of Barchester is destroyed by a scandal concerning the financial affairs of an almshouse, Septimus Harding, the kindly warden who devotes his life to the care of the establishment's twelve elderly residents, finds himself in conflict with his daughter's suitor, the zealous r ...Show more
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Category: Fiction
The Warden introduces us to the lives of some of the most beloved characters in all literature. Septimus Harding, the warden of the title, is a kindly and naive clergyman who finds himself caught between the forces of entrenched tradition and radical reform amid the burgeoning materialism of Britain in ...Show more
The Warden (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
The Warden introduces us to the lives of some of the most beloved characters in all literature. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book l ...Show more
The Warden: Vintage Classic by Anthony Trollope
Category: Fiction
Mr Harding is a good man, the warden to an alms house which provides a peaceful home to twelve old men. The young and zealous John Bold is also a good man, but he believes he sees in Harding's comfortable existence an injustice which must be exposed. The law, the church and the self-righteous press all ...Show more
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant. Canterbury Christ Church College. The tough-mindedness of the social satire in and its air of palpable integrity give this novel a special place in Anthony Trollope's Literary career. Trollope paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the l ...Show more
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Classics Ser.
"The Way We Live Now" is Anthony Trollope's radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism, edited with an introduction and notes by Frank Kermode in "Penguin Classics". Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility - using charm to tempt ...Show more