Orley Farm (2 Volumes Bound as One) [Paperback]

Anthony Trollope (Author), John E Millais (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0486241815 | ISBN-13: 978-0486241814 | Publication Date: September 1, 1981

The Great Orley Farm Case arose out of certain irregularities—and ensuing complications—in the will of Sir Joseph Mason. Did Lady Mason forge her husband’s signature to the codicil bequeathing the farm to her son? Is she a criminal? Orley Farm is Trollope at his most penetrating—weighing and balancing individual hearts against English custom. Two vol. bound as one.

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'Brilliantly choreographed legal thriller'.- Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday, 1.8.99 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

English writer, famous for his two epic series of historical novels, the Barchester series and the Palliser series. Trollope was educated at Harrow and Winchester but was unable to complete his education due to his father's indebtedness. He worked in the postal services and traveled expansively as a postal surveyor. After his retirement he helped established St. Paul's Magazine, continued to travel and wrote some 60 books. Other then the Barchester and the Palliser series, he wrote The Way We Live Now (1875), The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1859), North America (1862), Australia and New Zealand (1873), and South Africa (1878). Trollope's autobiography was published posthumously in 1883. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486241815
• ISBN-13: 978-0486241814
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,838,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trollope at his best!, April 6, 1998

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Leonard L. Wilson (Springfield, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orley Farm (2 Volumes Bound as One) (Paperback)

Orley Farm is Trollope at his best (as good as the Barsetshire series), which means some of the best characterizations in the English language. Trollope's people are real; the beleaguered Lady Mason, charged with forging a will; the aged lover Sir Peregrine Orme; Madeleine Stavely, deeply but practically in love; the shallow, fickle Sophia Furnival and others are 3-dimensional figures that live and breathe. His satire of the so-called "justice" system is the best kind of satire: he just describes the court proceedings as they really are. The result is as up-to-date as today's newspaper. It is no wonder that Trollope's revival in popularity is continuing to grow.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An elegant, subtle undermining of the legal system., August 19, 1999

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This review is from: Orley Farm (World's Classics) (Paperback)

Orley Farm is Trollope at his most profound, and his most entertaining. It is difficult to ascertain what is best in this novel: the subtle, incisive examination of how legal systems cannot be impartial and, more fundamentally, how humankind looks after its own regardless of right and wrong; or the episodic journey with some of Trollope's most memorable (and always three dimensional) characters - the 'wrong' but completely empathic Lady Mason, the fiercely honourable Sir Peregrine Orme, the virile young Peregrine Orme and, most memorably, the gentle overwhelmed but staunchly loyal Mrs Orme - undergoing the pangs of Trollope's drama amidst ancient piles, undulating hedgerows and sequestered English fields.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deja Vu All Over Again, January 11, 2002

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"delfi375" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orley Farm (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

Orley is simply timeless. Just as in the Palliser series, the characters are the people all around you, in the office, in the news, and on the tube. Trollope's ability to understand the subtle differences that shape the mind of men and women is simply uncanny. If you are a truth seeker, this is a book for you. Anyone with exposure to a legal system with its basis in the English common law will understand the perceptive analysis it is subjected to in Orley Farm. The distinction between evil deeds and the often sympathetic humans that are their authors is one that modern American culture often forgets to make. Orley Farm is here to remind us. As a trusts and estates lawyer, I can not believe that I practiced for fifteen years before someone told me about this gem.