Opening with the image of a woman confined in an asylum and thereby foreshadowing the tragedy to come, the story turns back to Fred Neville, a young cavalry officer and heir to the...
Kate’s pregnancy makes her relationship with Fred impossible to conceal and Mrs O’Hara confronts him with the obligation to marry her daughter, but Fred continues to waver betwee...
After the death of their father Egbert Dormer leaves Ayala and Lucy without money, the two sisters are separated and sent to different relatives, with Ayala moving between the weal...
Lucy refuses to abandon her love for Isadore despite financial uncertainty and family opposition and remains determined to preserve their relationship, while Ayala grows closer to ...
After Sir Thomas learns of Lucy’s attachment to Isadore he meets the young man and begins to consider more seriously both his circumstances and the possibility of their marriage, ...
After returning to Stalham Ayala continues to resist Jonathan Stubbs, yet as she spends more time with him and experiences the constancy of his affection and consideration she grad...
Dr. Wortle, the strong-willed clergyman who runs a highly respected school at Bowick, hires the exceptionally capable Mr. Peacocke as an assistant master, but the school is thrown ...
While Peacocke travels to America, Wortle endures the advice of Mr. Puddicombe, criticism from the local community, correspondence with the bishop, and pressure from parents yet re...
Anthony Trollope begins with the man who hunts without enjoying it and then moves through the genuine enthusiast, the woman who rides boldly to hounds, and the hunting farmer, usin...
Alienated from his father Daniel and dissatisfied with a life in England burdened by debt and youthful mistakes, John Caldigate leaves for Australia with his friend Dick Shand in s...
After returning to England John falls in love with Hester Bolton, whose courage enables her to resist the fierce objections of her strict family and marry him, and their apparently...
As Euphemia and Crinkett's allegations develop into a criminal prosecution John is arrested for bigamy and imprisoned, while Hester continues to believe in his innocence despite th...
Building on Bagwax's discovery of the contradiction in the postal evidence, Sir John Joram, Daniel Caldigate, and others press for a reconsideration of the conviction, and the retu...
Amid the upheaval of the French Revolution, the people of the Vendée rise against the Republic in defense of monarchy and Catholic faith under leaders such as Cathelineau, de Lescu...
Despite their early victories the Vendéans become increasingly vulnerable as divisions among their leaders, limited resources, and stronger Republican counterattacks turn the strug...
Driven from their homes by the advancing Republican forces, the Vendéans gather at St Florent and undertake the desperate crossing of the Loire, while death, displacement, and the ...
