Trollope Anthony: 515 books

50 year old William Whittlestaff becomes guardian to Mary Lawrie, the orphaned and penniless daughter of an old friend, and finds himself falling in love. But Mary has already given her heart to John Gordon, who returns after three years' absence, on the day of Whittlestaff's proposal.

Excerpt te, and who was known to be quiet, domestic, and economical, but who had also been spoken of as having a will of her own,--"I shall do better with her than you would, Ayala." "I don't see why." "Because I can remain quiet longer than you. It will...

The first of “The Pallisers” series, published in 1865, follows the romantic travails of Alica Vavasor, who sows scandal by breaking her engagement. Meanwhile, a soldier and a farmer compete for the hand of the wealthy Mrs. Greenow, and Plantagenet Palliser must—somehow—resolve love and marriage with his political ambitions.

As all the world knows, the old fortifications of Vienna have been pulled down,—the fortifications which used to surround the centre or kernel of the city; and the vast spaces thus thrown open and forming a broad ring in the middle of the town have not as yet been completely filled up with those...

Rachel Ray is the younger daughter of a lawyer's widow. She lives with her mother and her widowed sister, Dorothea Prime, in a cottage near Exeter in Devon. Mrs. Ray is amiable but weak, unable to make decisions on her own and ruled by her older daughter. Mrs. Prime is a strict and gloomy Evangelical,...

Extrait : Un vieillard et une jeune fille étaient assis dans la salle à manger d’une maison de campagne du comté de Carmarthen, située sur des rochers qui dominent la mer. « C’est pour moi un cas de conscience, ma chère, » dit le vieillard. — Pour moi...

Fred Neville, joven y atractivo oficial inglés de caballería, se convierte en heredero de un título nobiliario y grandes posesiones, pero, pese a la oposición de su familia, pide poder pasar un año con su regimiento en Irlanda y "vivir aventuras" antes de asumir sus obligaciones. En...

Excerpt n I thought I might succeed in impregnating the mind of the novel-reader with a feeling that honesty is the best policy; that truth prevails while falsehood fails; that a girl will be loved as she is pure, and sweet, and unselfish; that a man will be honoured as he is true, and honest,...