Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 9781514689486 Books
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It is not true that a rose by any other name will smell as sweet. Were it true, I should call this story "The Great Orley Farm Case." But who would ask for the ninth number of a serial work burthened with so very uncouth an appellation? Thence, and therefore,—Orley Farm. I say so much at commencing in order that I may have an opportunity of explaining that this book of mine will not be devoted in any special way to rural delights. The name might lead to the idea that new precepts were to be given, in the pleasant guise of a novel, as to cream-cheeses, pigs with small bones, wheat sown in drills, or artificial manure.
Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 9781514689486 Books
I have quite a crush on this author. I discovered the pleasure of reading his books this year and this is the 7th book I have read by him. He knows people and their motivations so well. This book contains love interests between young people, and secrets that torment people (I am being vague to avoid giving anything away), and describes living in country homes and in city houses, the rules of society then, and some humor sprinkled in. The event that pulls this book along relentlessly is the trial to see who has the right to own Orley Farm, either Lady Mason and her son Lucius Mason, or the half brother of Lucius, Mr. Mason of Groby Park. Mr. Mason is full of rage against Lady Mason and pushes with all his might to get Orley Farm.Trollope uses some fun surnames for characters and he injects himself with humorous asides along the lines of "if I were a better author I could readily explain ...". If you are like me you will long remember some of these characters like Lady Mason, Sir Peregrine Orme, Sophie Furnival, Felix Graham and many more. Trollope's books make me happy!
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Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 9781514689486 Books Reviews
Orley Farm is the fifteenth novel by Anthony Trollope that I have read. I begin with this statement to put into context my thoughts on this work as compared with my reviews of other fine novels by Trollope, one of my favorite authors. With that bias concerning Trollope set before the reader, let me state that Orley Farm compares well with some of Trollope's finest work. As is usual with Trollope, he immediately takes us under his wing and speaks directly to us, not as an omniscient author, but as a careful observer who describes the behavior of the many characters that play a part in his story. We readers must form our own opinions, and the beauty of a Trollope novel like Orley Farm is that we do enter into the story and find ourselves giving advice and counsel to several of the important players in the drama. Sometimes our advice coincides with what Trollope thinks, sometimes not.
Everything from beginning to end in Orley Farm centers on the great Orley Farm case. Lady Mary Mason, our heroine, is accused of perjury. Her enemies say that she lied about the facts of the will left by her husband and that Orley Farm, which she says was left to her son Lucius, is the true property of Joseph Mason, Lucius's older half brother. Joseph Mason and his accomplice lawyer Samuel Dockwrath dispute her claim to the farm. They hate lady Mason with a passion and they are determined to embarrass and humiliate her. Joseph would like to see a rope around her neck, but realizes to his dismay that this ultimate penalty is impossible.
Lady Mason is certainly one of Trollope's most complex characters. She is a beautiful forty year old woman who has enormous strength of character. Both her beauty and her strength are much appreciated by some of those who know her. But no one except the reader knows the true depth of Lady Mason's personality. She appears honest and truthful, but Machiavelli would be impressed by her ability to deceive others to get what she wants for her son. With that said, she is also capable of great self-sacrifice for the good of others. In Lady Mason we have a person who on the one hand we can love, but on the other hand we know we must condemn. In this regard we are just like several of Lady Mason's best friends who are torn apart by their allegiance to her even as they know they must distance themselves from what she has done.
Let me take a moment now to comment on the illustrated $2.99 edition for Orley Farm. Three things First, the many illustrations are spread nicely throughout this eBook and placed appropriately in the story. Second, the illustrations by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais are carefully drawn small works of art that perfectly complement the story. Third, it is possible to enlarge them to full screen size. This excellent feature allows us to see the pictures without a magnifying glass. I was pleasantly surprised not only by the quality of the many illustrations, but also by the flexibility the reader has available with the to enlarge and enhance the viewing experience.
A genuinely entertaining story illustrated by many carefully drawn small works of art set in a pleasing and easy to read format make this Trollope novel and edition easy for me to recommend to those readers already familiar with Trollope and those who would like to meet him for the first time. Highly recommended.
in this excellent and amusing work about a trial. Who has the right to Orley Farm, Lady Mason or Joseph Mason? Did Lady Mason forge the signatures on a will?
The perfect English girl/woman - Madeleine Staveley, artless, lovely, intelligent but not too clever contrasted with Sophia Furnival, calculating, looking to the main chance, artful, clever, not a point in her favor. Same kind of comparison is made with Lady Mason and Mrs. Orme.
The perfect English gentleman - Perry Orme is “better” than Lucius Mason, Lady Mason’s son. Perry is a natural aristocrat, one of the “curled darlings of the nation,” but unspoiled, good natured, unpretending, having no need to crow about his attributes, unlike Lucius. The conceit of the privately educated man is compared to the diffidence of the natural gentleman who attended a public school where any kind of showing off is unacceptable. Lucius thinks he knows better than everyone. Lucius fancies himself a gentleman farmer. He never farmed but thinks he knows more than people who do it for a living. Lucius puts faith in his theories and takes himself too seriously, he is conscious of his learning and intellect, unlike the modest unintellectual Perry. That Lucius is honest, principled, honorable is true, but Trollope tells us he is not as ‘good’ as Perry.
The power of beauty - Lady Mason, pale and slender, beautiful, is compared to stout red faced Mrs. Furnival. Mrs. F feels the same inside as when she was young, just as poetic, loving, true, but everyone attributes the fine feeling to Lady M.
The class system - Why two people should not marry, the author says there are many reasons my readers and I can see that it should not happen; we know it is wrong. While a good and modest lady, she is not of his class.
English self satisfaction - the English attend an international legal convention determined to resist change, rejecting foreign criticism and attempts to reform, convinced no foreigner can know anything.
The law - Tr is unusually open about his sentiments. Sir Perry says what is the purport of courts of law if not to discover the truth, Trollope remarks how innocent he is. To the English, the legal convocation is useless, as no living orator will convince an English lawyer that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to client. Attorney Felix Graham asserts that the British system is rotten and unjust, because it lets the guilty get off, the lawyers lie by pretending their client is innocent when they know that is false. Graham says that no client should be protected to the extent of concealing guilt, let the truth come out. Other lawyers think Graham is a fool.
Graham, Furnival, Chaffandbrass, and Solomon Aram are Lady M’s lawyers. The key to Furnival’s success is his absolute loyalty to this clients. Mr. F wants lawyers well able to break down and crush a lying witness or, for that matter, a witness anxious to tell truth. For truth is not what the law is about. Graham asks if Lady Mason is innocent. Trollope says he should not have asked and that professional men don’t ask that kind of question.
Trollope says if the lawyers were honest they would want truth to come out, but they don’t, to Chaffanbrass and Aram, the escape of a criminal under their auspices is a triumph and they have dedicated their lives to that. Chaffanbrass has dedicated his talents to the browbeating of witnesses, that is his “greatness.” If any man can secure the acquittal of a guilty person under extraordinary circs, he is the one, his “special line of work” for 30 years.
Aram learns what part of the county each juror is from and those who come from where Lady M lives are “passed over.” He knows everyone at the court from the judges to the guys who hold the horses. The lawyers discuss how to make witnesses say exactly the reverse of what they intend to say. All the lawyers know that Bridget Bolster speaks truth, then Chaff gets up to cross-examine, “with a wicked ill-meaning smile.” Chaff realizes he can’t make her contradict herself, so determines to make her out a rogue and almost succeeds in a tiny way. Chaff is satisfied with his triumph over a “poor maid servant” whom he knows spoke nothing but the truth, if he can make the truth look like a lie or doubtful, “he has succeeded in the occupation of his life.”
Attitude towards Jews- Chaff brings in Aram, when asked isn’t he a jew, Chaff says I don’t know. He is an attorney and that is enough for me. Tr seems to think Chaff’s lack of prejudice is something of a mark against Chaff. Trollope assures us that Aram is perfectly gentlemanlike, but not of course like a real English gentleman. Going to court, Aram tells Mrs Orme that he is sorry Lucius is coming to court, he will hear things of his mom that if said of Aram’s mom, would greatly distress Aram, and Mrs. O understands and there is a “touch of sympathy between the high bred lady” and the jewish lawyer, Tr makes it clear that ordinarily these two would never converse.
Some very Trollopian sayings There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
A man who strives honestly to do good will generally do good though not as much as he hoped.
It is a young woman’s duty to get married
On any matter close to a man’s heart he is not convinced to change by logic or eloquence, talkers think if the listener can’t answer they have won but they are wrong.
Mrs Dockwrath is burdened with 18 children, Trollope says if she had married the mild mannered clerk, John Kenneby, instead of the rascal Dockwrath, there would not have been 18 children. Never knew Tr to say something like this before.
I have quite a crush on this author. I discovered the pleasure of reading his books this year and this is the 7th book I have read by him. He knows people and their motivations so well. This book contains love interests between young people, and secrets that torment people (I am being vague to avoid giving anything away), and describes living in country homes and in city houses, the rules of society then, and some humor sprinkled in. The event that pulls this book along relentlessly is the trial to see who has the right to own Orley Farm, either Lady Mason and her son Lucius Mason, or the half brother of Lucius, Mr. Mason of Groby Park. Mr. Mason is full of rage against Lady Mason and pushes with all his might to get Orley Farm.
Trollope uses some fun surnames for characters and he injects himself with humorous asides along the lines of "if I were a better author I could readily explain ...". If you are like me you will long remember some of these characters like Lady Mason, Sir Peregrine Orme, Sophie Furnival, Felix Graham and many more. Trollope's books make me happy!
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