The Small House at Allington is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, part of the Barsetshire series. It follows Lily Dale and her family at the small house on an English estate as courtship, social ambition, and loyalty test them. Trollope's shrewd character portraits and quiet moral drama make it rewarding to listen to.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Editorial Note:
The Small House at Allington was first published serially in the Cornhill
Magazine from September, 1862, to April, 1864, and in book form (two volumes) by Smith, Elder in 1864.
Both the Cornhill serial and the Smith, Elder first edition had eighteen fullpage illustrations by John Everett Millais, and those are included in this ebook. The Cornhill edition also had quarter-page vignettes by Millais at the beginning of nineteen chapters, and those too are included.
Mr. Palliser and Lady Dumbello.
Mr. Palliser and Lady Dumbello. (Chapter XXIII)
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THE SMALL HOUSE
AT ALLINGTON.
BY
ANTHONY TROLLOPE. CONTENTS I. THE SQUIRE OF ALLINGTON. II. THE TWO PEARLS OF ALLINGTON. III. THE WIDOW DALE OF ALLINGTON. IV. MRS. ROPER'S BOARDING-HOUSE. V. ABOUT L. D. VI. BEAUTIFUL DAYS. VII. THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES. VIII. IT CANNOT BE. IX. MRS. DALE'S LITTLE PARTY. X. MRS. LUPEX AND AMELIA ROPER. XI. SOCIAL LIFE. XII. LILIAN DALE BECOMES A BUTTERFLY. XIII. A VISIT TO GUESTWICK. XIV. JOHN EAMES TAKES A WALK. XV. THE LAST DAY. XVI. MR. CROSBIE MEETS AN OLD CLERGYMAN ON HIS WAY TO COURCY CASTLE. XVII. COURCY CASTLE.
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