The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope
Edited by Dinah Birch

Oxford World's Classics

A novel whose captivating heroine, Lily Dale, divides readers' opinion, and whose dilemma reflects more widely on relations between the sexes and social change.
The fifth novel in Trollope's Barchester series, The Small House at Allington revolves around courtships and the social codes that define the lives of its characters.
Dinah Birch's new edition identifies the novel as a subtle study of the heroism and the cost of constancy, drawing out the intense psychological drama which lies at the heart of the story, and how it reflects Trollope's divided feelings about change in a rapidly evolving world.
Includes a unique Appendix by Nicholas Shrimpton on the Barsetshire novels and the Church.
Includes Trollope's general introduction to the Chronicles of Barstshire, Trollope's map of Barsetshire, a Biographical Preface, Notes and an up-to-date Bibliography.

The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope
Edited by Dinah Birch

Description

'She had resolved to trust in everything, and, having so trusted, she would not provide for herself any possibility of retreat.'

Lively and attractive, Lily Dale lives with her mother and sister at the Small House at Allington. She falls passionately in love with the suave Adolphus Crosbie, and is devastated when he abandons her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina de Courcy. But Lily has another suitor, Johnny Eames, who has been devoted to her since boyhood. Perhaps she can find renewed happiness in Johnny's courtship?

The Small House at Allington was among the most successful of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and has retained its popularity among modern readers. This new edition identifies the novel as a subtle study of the heroism and the cost of constancy, drawing out the intense psychological drama which lies at the heart of the story, and how it reflects Trollope's divided feelings about change in a rapidly evolving world.

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The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope
Edited by Dinah Birch

Oxford World's Classics

Author Information

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815- 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire

Dinah Birch writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. She is the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature and of Oxford World's Classics editions of Ruskin's Selected Writings, Gaskell's Cranford, and Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?

The Small House at Allington

Anthony Trollope
Edited by Dinah Birch

Oxford World's Classics

Audio Guide

In an audio guide series to celebrate the life and works of Anthony Trollope in his bicentennial year, we interviewed two editors of Trollope's Oxford World's Classics editions, Professor Helen Small and Dr. Nicholas Shrimpton.

To listen to the full discussion of Anthony Trollope's life and works with Professor Helen Small and Dr. Nicholas Shrimpton, click on the links below.

The Writing

Helen Small and Nicholas Shrimpton discuss why Trollope has gone in and out of fashion over the years[2:23]
Anthony Trollope continues the comic provincial novel tradition where Austen left off[1:40]
He not only wrote great comedy, there was tragedy too[2:04]