Anthony Trollope's last completed novel, An Old Man's Love, is a Victorian novel about an older man, Mr Whittlestaff, who falls in love with a young woman, Mary Lawrie. When she accepts his proposal, a younger suitor, John Gordon, returns and complicates their engagement. It is a subtle study of love, duty, and generational conflict, worth listening for its character insight and gentle humor.
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AN OLD MAN'S LOVE by ANTHONY TROLLOPE In Two Volumes William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London MDCCCLXXXIV NOTE. This story, "An Old Man's Love," is the last of my father's novels. As I have stated in the preface to his Autobiography, "The Landleaguers" was written after this book, but was never fully completed. HENRY M. TROLLOPE.
CONTENTS VOLUME I. I. MRS BAGGETT II. MR WHITTLESTAFF III. MARY LAWRIE IV. MARY LAWRIE ACCEPTS MR WHITTLESTAFF V. "I SUPPOSE IT WAS A DREAM" VI. JOHN GORDON VII. JOHN GORDON AND MR WHITTLESTAFF VIII. JOHN GORDON AND MARY LAWRIE IX. THE REV MONTAGU BLAKE X. JOHN GORDON AGAIN GOES TO CROKER'S HALL XI. MRS BAGGETT TRUSTS ONLY IN THE FUNDS
XII. MR BLAKE'S GOOD NEWS VOLUME II. XIII. AT LITTLE ALRESFORD XIV. MR WHITTLESTAFF IS GOING OUT TO DINNER XV. MR WHITTLESTAFF GOES OUT TO DINNER XVI. MRS BAGGETT'S PHILOSOPHY XVII. MR WHITTLESTAFF MEDITATES A JOURNEY XVIII. MR AND MRS TOOKEY XIX. MR WHITTLESTAFF'S JOURNEY DISCUSSED XX. MR WHITTLESTAFF TAKES HIS JOURNEY XXI. THE GREEN PARK XXII. JOHN GORDON WRITES A LETTER XXIII. AGAIN AT CROKER'S HALL XXIV. CONCLUSION
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