The two main themes of the novel are the accusation of theft against the perpetual curate of Hogglestock, Josiah Crawley, and the romance between his daughter Grace and the Archdeacon's son, Henry Grantly. There are several sub plots and the introduction of new characters

Mrs Proudie, the Bishop's wife, starts a vindictive campaign against Mr Crawley in an attempt to get rid of him. She fails and the mystery about the stolen cheque is solved satisfactorily. Many characters from previous Barchester novels appear and threads left hanging from Part One and previous novels are tied up. All is told with the humour that we have come to expect from Anthony Trollope.

Harry Heathcote, a young Englishman, has leased 120,000 acres of bush from the Government of Queensland on which he runs 30,000 sheep. With him live his wife and two young sons and his sister-in-law Kate. Apart from the dangers of natural disasters, such as fire, Harry has enemies from some of his ex-workers and also a lawless family, the Brownbies, whose boundary adjoins that of Harry's land. As Christmas approaches, the Brownbies, assisted by some of Harry's ex-workers, set fires along the boundary of the two properties in order to finish off Harry's sheep station. As he and his men fight...

It may be well that I should put a short preface to this book. In the summer of 1878 my father told me that he had written a memoir of his own life. He did not speak about it at length, but said that he had written me a letter, not to be opened until after his death, containing instructions for publication.

Indefer Jones se trouve mal-en-point au debut du roman. Il s'inquiete alors de son heritage et il hesite longuement avant d'etablir son testament. Il aimerait tant pouvoir laisser ses terres de Llanfeare a sa niece Isabel. Celle-ci vit avec lui depuis des annees et est appreciee de tous les fermiers et villageois. Mais Indefer Jones veut respecter la tradition et se decide en faveur de son neveu Henry qu'il connait a peine et qu'il ne porte pas dans son estime. Indefer Jones a neanmoins une idee pour regler son cas de conscience: et si Isabel epousait son cousin Henry ?"

Cette nouvelle, Publiee en francais sous le titre Le Domaine de Belton, raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme qui a accepte de se marier avec l'un de ses deux pretendants et qui finit par decouvrir qu'il n'etait pas digne de son amour."

Ce roman raconte l'histoire et le destin de quatre jeunes gens, tous plus ou moins apparentes a l'oncle Bertram, un vieillard millionnaire. Chacun des protagonistes de cette famille a sa propre conception du bonheur, mais tous s'en eloignent en commettant des erreurs liees a leurs passions ou a un manque de discernement..."

Lady Anna, who has been brought up in poverty, inherits a large fortune on the death of her estranged father Earl Lovel. She is urged to marry Frederick, the new earl, and so unite the estate and the money. She has become secretly engaged to Daniel, a tailor, who was her one friend during her childhood. With the pressure mounting on her from all sides, who will Anna choose?

In writing these pages, which, for the want of a better name, I shall be fain to call the autobiography of so insignificant a person as myself, it will not be so much my intention to speak of the little details of my private life, as of what I, and perhaps others round me, have done in literature; of my failures and successes such as they have been, and their causes; and of the opening which a literary career offers to men and women for the earning of their bread. And yet the garrulity of old age, and the aptitude of a man's mind to recur to the passages of his own life, will, I know, tempt...

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was one of the most popular, productive and esteemed English novelists of the Victorian era. His best-loved works are the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. The novels focus on the dealings of the clergy and the gentry, and the political, romantic and social intrigues that go on among and between them. Enjoy these wry chronicles. The novels in the series are: The Warden (1855) Barchester Towers (1857) Doctor Thorne (1858) Framley Parsonage (1861) The Small House at Allington (1864) The Last Chronicle of Barset...