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The Small House at Allington

By Anthony Trollope

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Cover: Spring (Apple Blossoms) (1856-59), oil on canvas by John Everett Millais (1829-1896) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1896)

The Small House at Allington is a novel by the English writer Anthony Trollope. It first appeared as a serial in the Cornhill Magazine, running from the July–December 1862 issue to the July–December issue of the following year. In 1864 it was published as an independent work in two volumes. It is the fifth book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series, preceded by Framley Parsonage and followed by The Last Chronicle of Barset. It enjoyed a revival in popularity in the early 1990s when the British prime minister, John Major, declared it his favourite book.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: The Squire of Allington
  2. 2: The Two Pearls of Allington
  3. 3: The Widow Dale of Allington
  4. 4: Mrs. Roper's Boarding-House
  5. 5: About L. D
  6. 6: Beautiful Days
  7. 7: The Beginning of Troubles
  8. 8: It Cannot Be
  9. 9: Mrs. Dale's Little Party
  10. 10: Mrs. Lupex and Amelia Roper
  11. 11: Social Life
  12. 12: Lilian Dale Becomes a Butterfly
  13. 13: A Visit to Guestwick
  14. 14: John Eames Takes a Walk
  15. 15: The Last Day
  16. 16: Mr. Crosbie Meets an Old Clergyman on His Way to Courcy Castle
  17. 17: Courcy Castle
  18. 18: Lily Dale's First Love-Letter
  19. 19: The Squire Makes a Visit to the Small House
  20. 20: Dr. Crofts
  21. 21: John Eames Encounters Two Adventures, and Displays Great Courage in Both
  22. 22: Lord De Guest at Home
  23. 23: Mr. Plantagenet Palliser
  24. 24: A Mother-in-Law and a Father-in-Law
  25. 25: Adolphus Crosbie Spends an Evening at His Club
  26. 26: Lord De Courcy in the Bosom of His Family
  27. 27: "On My Honour, I Do Not Understand It."
  28. 28: The Board
  29. 29: John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent
  30. 30: Is It from Him?
  31. 31: The Wounded Fawn
  32. 32: Pawkins's in Jermyn Street
  33. 33: "The Time Will Come."
  34. 34: The Combat
  35. 35: Væ Victis
  36. 36: "See, the Conquering Hero Comes."
  37. 37: An Old Man's Complaint
  38. 38: Doctor Crofts Is Called in
  39. 39: Dr. Crofts Is Turned Out
  40. 40: Preparations for the Wedding
  41. 41: Domestic Troubles
  42. 42: Lily's Bedside
  43. 43: Fie, Fie!
  44. 44: Valentine's Day at Allington
  45. 45: Valentine's Day in London
  46. 46: John Eames at His Office
  47. 47: The New Private Secretary
  48. 48: Chapter 48
  49. 49: Preparations for Going
  50. 50: Mrs. Dale Is Thankful for a Good Thing
  51. 51: John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done
  52. 52: The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
  53. 53: Loquitur Hopkins
  54. 54: The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge
  55. 55: Not Very Fie Fie After All
  56. 56: Showing How Mr. Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man
  57. 57: Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother
  58. 58: The Fate of the Small House
  59. 59: John Eames Becomes a Man
  60. 60: Chapter 60