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First Edition
ISBN 978-0615866420
Westfield Press
Fort Smith, Arkansas

For Mary and
Kendrick, Ellen, and Sally

CONTENTS

[Introduction]
[Required Reading for the Seminary
The Warden]
[The Church in Peace and War
Barchester Towers]
[Trollope's Alter Ego
Doctor Thorne]
[An All-Star Cast
Framley Parsonage]
[The Swell, the Hobbledehoy, and the Small House
The Small House at Allington]
[The Victory of the Righteous
The Last Chronicle of Barset]
[Can You Forgive a few Additions to the Text?
Can You Forgive Her?]
[English Politics 101
Phineas Finn]
[A Cunning Woman
The Eustace Diamonds]
[How the Women Took Care of Phineas
Phineas Redux]
["Are Not Politics Odd?"
The Prime Minister]
[The Old Order Passeth
The Duke's Children]
[Ruins, Ruin, and Ruined
The Macdermots of Ballycloran]
[The Irish as Others See Them
The Kellys and the O'Kellys]
[A Tale of No City
La Vendée]
[The Office
The Three Clerks]
[The Proud Young Lovers
The Bertrams]
[Coping with Starvation
Castle Richmond]
[The Lady Faces Them Down
Orley Farm]
[Lear Revisited
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson:
By One of the Firm]
[Bringing Good Beer to Devon
Rachel Ray]
["He Cometh Not; I Am Aweary"
Miss Mackenzie]
[The School of Self-Assertiveness
The Belton Estate]
[Love Conquers All, In the Ninth Inning
Nina Balatka: The Story of a Maiden of Prague]
[More than Soap Opera, More than Fairy Tale
The Claverings]
[Several Degrees of Stubborn
Linda Tressel]
[The Downside of Chivalry
He Knew He Was Right]
[The Prodigal Daughter
The Vicar of Bullhampton]
[A Terminal Affection
Sir Harry Hotspur]
[The Heir and the Bastard
Ralph the Heir]
[A Hard Case
The Golden Lion of Granpere]
[How to Become a Lady
Lady Anna]
[Territory Folks Should Stick Together
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil]
[The Way They Lived Then
The Way We Live Now]
[What's a Poor Girl to Do?
The American Senator]
[Lesser Barchester
Is He Popenjoy?]
[Too Near the Precipice
An Eye for An Eye]
[What Happens in Australia …
John Caldigate]
[A Gifted Child
Ayala's Angel]
[Keeping the Old Acreage Together
Cousin Henry]
[What to Do About Muddy Boots
Dr. Wortle's School]
[The Curse of Consumption
Marion Fay]
[The Dog That Wouldn't Stay Under the Bed
Kept in the Dark]
[The Advance Directive
The Fixed Period]
[Details about Entails
Mr. Scarborough's Family]
[Promises, Promises
An Old Man's Love]
[Running in Full Stride at the End
The Landleaguers]