Orley Farm (Historical Novel)

Orley Farm (Historical Novel)
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When Joseph Mason of Groby Park, Yorkshire, died, he left his estate to his family. A codicil to his will, however, left Orley Farm, near London, to his much younger second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, and there were three witnesses, one of whom was no longer alive. A bitterly fought court case confirmed the codicil. Twenty years pass. Lady Mason lives at Orley Farm with her adult son, Lucius. Samuel Dockwrath, a tenant, is asked to leave by Lucius, who wants to try new intensive farming methods. Aggrieved, and knowing of the original case, Dockwrath investigates and finds a second deed signed by the same witnesses on the same date, though they can remember signing only one. He travels to Groby Park in Yorkshire, where Joseph Mason the younger lives with his comically parsimonious wife, and persuades Mason to have Lady Mason prosecuted for perjury. The prosecution fails, but Lady Mason later confesses privately that she committed the forgery, and is prompted by conscience to give up the estate.

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Anthony Trollope. Orley Farm (Historical Novel)

Orley Farm (Historical Novel)

Table of Contents

VOLUME I

CHAPTER I. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT ORLEY FARM CASE

CHAPTER II. LADY MASON AND HER SON

CHAPTER III. THE CLEEVE

CHAPTER IV. THE PERILS OF YOUTH

CHAPTER V. SIR PEREGRINE MAKES A SECOND PROMISE

CHAPTER VI. THE COMMERCIAL ROOM, BULL INN, LEEDS

CHAPTER VII. THE MASONS OF GROBY PARK

CHAPTER VIII. MRS. MASON'S HOT LUNCHEON

CHAPTER IX. A CONVIVIAL MEETING

CHAPTER X. MR., MRS., AND MISS FURNIVAL

CHAPTER XI. MRS. FURNIVAL AT HOME

CHAPTER XII. MR. FURNIVAL'S CHAMBERS

CHAPTER XIII. GUILTY, OR NOT GUILTY

CHAPTER XIV. DINNER AT THE CLEEVE

CHAPTER XV. A MORNING CALL AT MOUNT PLEASANT VILLA

CHAPTER XVI. MR. DOCKWRATH IN BEDFORD ROW

CHAPTER XVII. VON BAUHR

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ENGLISH VON BAUHR

CHAPTER XIX. THE STAVELEY FAMILY

CHAPTER XX. MR. DOCKWRATH IN HIS OWN OFFICE

CHAPTER XXI. CHRISTMAS IN HARLEY STREET

CHAPTER XXII. CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY

CHAPTER XXIII. CHRISTMAS AT GROBY PARK

CHAPTER XXIV. CHRISTMAS IN GREAT ST. HELENS

CHAPTER XXV. MR. FURNIVAL AGAIN AT HIS CHAMBERS

CHAPTER XXVI. WHY SHOULD I NOT?

CHAPTER XXVII. COMMERCE

CHAPTER XXVIII. MONKTON GRANGE

CHAPTER XXIX. BREAKING COVERT

CHAPTER XXX. ANOTHER FALL

CHAPTER XXXI. FOOTSTEPS IN THE CORRIDOR

CHAPTER XXXII. WHAT BRIDGET BOLSTER HAD TO SAY

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT

CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. FURNIVAL LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER XXXV. LOVE WAS STILL THE LORD OF ALL

CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE YOUNG MEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT

CHAPTER XXXVII. PEREGRINE'S ELOQUENCE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. OH, INDEED!

CHAPTER XXXIX. WHY SHOULD HE GO?

CHAPTER XL. I CALL IT AWFUL

VOLUME II

CHAPTER XLI. HOW CAN I SAVE HIM?

CHAPTER XLII. JOHN KENNEBY GOES TO HAMWORTH

CHAPTER XLIII. JOHN KENNEBY'S COURTSHIP

CHAPTER XLIV. SHOWING HOW LADY MASON COULD BE VERY NOBLE

CHAPTER XLV. SHOWING HOW MRS. ORME. COULD BE VERY WEAK MINDED

CHAPTER XLVI. A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FRIENDSHIP

CHAPTER XLVII. THE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE ANGEL OF LIGHT UNDER A CLOUD

CHAPTER XLIX. MRS. FURNIVAL CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT

CHAPTER L. IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE

CHAPTER LI. MRS. FURNIVAL'S JOURNEY TO HAMWORTH

CHAPTER LII. SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY

CHAPTER LIII. LADY MASON RETURNS HOME

CHAPTER LIV. TELLING ALL THAT HAPPENED. BENEATH THE LAMP-POST

CHAPTER LV. WHAT TOOK PLACE IN HARLEY STREET

CHAPTER LVI. HOW SIR PEREGRINE DID BUSINESS. WITH MR. ROUND

CHAPTER LVII. THE LOVES AND HOPES OF ALBERT FITZALLEN

CHAPTER LVIII. MISS STAVELEY DECLINES TO EAT MINCED VEAL

CHAPTER LIX. NO SURRENDER

CHAPTER LX. WHAT REBEKAH DID FOR HER SON

CHAPTER LXI. THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION

CHAPTER LXII. WHAT THE FOUR LAWYERS THOUGHT ABOUT IT

CHAPTER LXIII. THE EVENING BEFORE THE TRIAL

CHAPTER LXIV. THE FIRST JOURNEY TO ALSTON

CHAPTER LXV. FELIX GRAHAM RETURNS TO NONINGSBY

CHAPTER LXVI. SHOWING HOW MISS FURNIVAL. TREATED HER LOVERS

CHAPTER LXVII. MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION

CHAPTER LXVIII. THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL

CHAPTER LXIX. THE TWO JUDGES

CHAPTER LXX. HOW AM I TO BEAR IT?

CHAPTER LXXI. SHOWING HOW JOHN KENNEBY. AND BRIDGET BOLSTER. BORE THEMSELVES IN COURT

CHAPTER LXXII. MR. FURNIVAL'S SPEECH

CHAPTER LXXIII. MRS. ORME TELLS THE STORY

CHAPTER LXXIV. YOUNG LOCHINVAR

CHAPTER LXXV. THE LAST DAY

CHAPTER LXXVI. I LOVE HER STILL

CHAPTER LXXVII. JOHN KENNEBY'S DOOM

CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE LAST OF THE LAWYERS

CHAPTER LXXIX. FAREWELL

CHAPTER LXXX. SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS. SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY

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Chapter LII. Showing How Things Went on at Noningsby.

Chapter LIII. Lady Mason Returns Home.

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