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The Small House at Allington

By Anthony Trollope
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In The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope intricately weaves a tale of love, societal expectations, and personal ambition. The story revolves around the Dale family and the romantic entanglements of Lily Dale with two very different suitors. Throughout the novel, Trollope explores themes of class distinction, personal integrity, and the complexities of human relationships, set against the charming backdrop of rural England.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy Victorian romance and drama set in the English countryside. With its vivid characterisation and exploration of social class tensions, it offers a rich tapestry of interpersonal relationships and dilemmas that still resonate today. Trollope's wit and keen observation of human nature make this a timeless and engaging read.

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The Small House at Allington

Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor entrenched in the "Great House" at Allington. His sister-in-law lives at the adjacent "Small House" with her two daughters and the action centres on the relations between the two houses and on the romantic entanglements of the girls.

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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 to her unworthy former fiancé for life and therefore condemned to remain single after his betrayal.

When a more deserving suitor pays his addresses, she is unable to see past her feelings for Crosbie. Written when Trollope was at the height of his popularity, The Small House at Allington (1864) contains his most admired heroine in Lily Dale, a young woman of independent spirit who nonetheless longs to be loved. It is a moving dramatization of the ways in which personal dilemmas are affected by social pressures.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140433258

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 January 1991

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Julian Thompson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 504g

Pages: 752

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Anthony Trollope Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

ANTHONY TROLLOPE ( 1815-82) was born in London. His literary career began with the appearance of The Macdermots of Ballycloran in 1847, but not until his fourth novel, The Warden (1855), did he establish the manner and material by which he is best known. This, the first of the 'Barteshire' series, was followed by Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858). Framley Parsonage (1861), and the Last Chronicle of Barest (1867). His second series, the Palliser series, comprises of Can You Forgive Her? (1864), Phineas Finn (1869), The Eustace Diamonds (1873), Phineas Redux (1876), The Prime Minister (1876) and The Duke's Children (1880).

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