Orley Farm
by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)
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. (Introduction by Leonard Wilson)
Listen next episodes of
Orley Farm:
61 - THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION ,
62 - WHAT THE FOUR LAWYERS THOUGHT ABOUT IT ,
63 - THE EVENING BEFORE THE TRIAL ,
64 - THE FIRST JOURNEY TO ALSTON ,
65 - FELIX GRAHAM RETURNS TO NONINGSBY ,
66 - SHOWING HOW MISS FURNIVAL TREATED HER LOVERS ,
67 - MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION ,
68 - THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL ,
69 - THE TWO JUDGES ,
70 - HOW AM I TO BEAR IT? ,
71 - SHOWING HOW JOHN KENNEBY AND BRIDGET BOLSTER BORE THEMSELVES IN COURT ,
72 - MR. FURNIVAL'S SPEECH ,
73 - MRS. ORME TELLS THE STORY ,
74 - YOUNG LOCHINVAR ,
75 - THE LAST DAY ,
76 - I LOVE HER STILL ,
77 - JOHN KENNEBY'S DOOM ,
78 - THE LAST OF THE LAWYERS ,
79 - FAREWELL ,
80 - SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY