The Small House at AllingtonStandard Ebooks The Small House at Allington was originally serialized in Cornhill Magazine between July and December 1862. It is the fifth book in Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire series, being largely set in that fictious county of England. It includes a few of the characters from the earlier books, though largely in very minor roles. It could also be said to be the first of Trollope’s Palliser series, as it introduces Plantagenet Palliser as the heir to the Duke of Omnium. The major story, however, relates to the inhabitants of the Small House at the manor of Allington. The Small House was once the Dower House of the estate (a household where the widowed mother of the squire might live, away from the Great House). Now living there, however, is Mary Dale, the widow of the squire’s brother, and her two daughters, Isabella (Bell) and Lilian (Lily). The main focus of the novel is on Lily Dale, who is courted by Adolphus Crosbie, a friend of the squire’s nephew. In a matter of a few weeks, Lily falls deeply in love with Crosbie, who quickly proposes to her and is accepted. A few weeks later, however, Crosbie is visiting Courcy Castle and decides an alliance with the Earl’s daughter Alexandrina would be far preferable from a social and monetary point of view. Without speaking to Lily, he abruptly changes his plans and asks Alexandrina to marry him instead. This act of betrayal is devastating to Lily and her family. This novel, along with the other titles in the Barsetshire series, was turned into a radio play for Radio 4 in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s. The British Prime Minister John Major was recorded in the 1990s as saying that The Small House at Allington was his favorite book. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks. |
Результаты поиска по книге
Результаты 1 – 5 из 100
... truth , Bernard had heard nothing more than the name , and Mr. Crosbie , who had been behind him , had heard nothing . " " As sweet and musical as bright Apollo's lute , strung with his hair , " said Mr. Crosbie , not meaning much by ...
... truth of the affection shown by the uncle to her daughters. But yet they had never come together as friends. Of her own money matters Mrs. Dale had never spoken a word to the squire. Of his intention respecting the girls the squire had ...
... truth Mrs. Dale could have been as young in heart as they were . She , too , could have played croquet , and have coquetted with a haymaker's rake , and have delighted in her pony , ay , and have listened to little nothings from this ...
... truth , they are not as yet men , whatever the number may be of their years ; and , as they are no longer boys , the world has found for them the ungraceful name of hobbledehoy . Such observations , however , as I have been enabled to ...
... truth, however, many more of the passing words had been spoken by the fair Amelia than by him. Mrs. Roper had been quite as good as her word when she told Mrs. Eames that her household was composed of herself, of a son who was in an ...