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The Small House at Allington

by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882)

25 - Adolphus Crosbie Spends an Evening at His Club

Fifth novel in the Barsetshire series, The Small House at Allington is largely focused on the Small House's inhabitants, Mrs. Dale and her two marriageable daughters, Lily and Bell. The two girls, of course, have suitors: their cousin, Bernard Dale, his friend Adolphus Crosbie, and the local boy, Johnny Eames, whose career in London is to mark him as far more than the "hobbledehoy" that he has earlier been considered. Crosbie is a social climber, and his connection with the dysfunctional de Courcys of Barsetshire give the author a chance for a splendid portrayal of an aristocratic family in decline. As with many of AT's novels, there are subplots as well, and many pictures of rural life standing in contrast to that of London. Some critics have seen in the portrayal of Johnny Eames something of an autobiographical exercise on Trollope's part.(Summary by Nicholas Clifford) Novels in the series are 1-The Warden 1-The Warden(version 2) 2-Barchester Towers 3-Doctor Thorne 4-Framley Parsonage 5-The Small House at Allington 6-The Last Chronicle of Barset

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Listen next episodes of The Small House at Allington:
26 - Lord de Courcy in the Bosom of His Family , 27 - 'On My Honour, I Do Not Understand It' , 28 - The Board , 29 - John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent , 30 - 'Is It from Him?' , 31 - The Wounded Fawn , 32 - Pawkins's in Jermyn Street , 33 - 'The Time Will Come' , 34 - The Combat , 35 - Væ Victis , 36 - 'See, the Conquering Hero Comes' , 37 - An Old Man's Complaint , 38 - Doctor Crofts Is Called In , 39 - Doctor Crofts Is Turned Out , 40 - Preparations for the Wedding , 41 - Domestic Troubles , 42 - Lily's Bedside , 43 - Fie, Fie! , 44 - Valentine's Day at Allington , 45 - Valentine's Day in London , 46 - John Eames at his Office , 47 - The New Private Secretary , 48 - Nemesis , 49 - Preparations for Going , 50 - Mrs Dale Is Thankful for a Good Thing , 51 - John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done , 52 - The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge , 53 - Loquitur Hopkins , 54 - The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge , 55 - Not Very Fie Fie after All , 56 - Showing How Mr Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man , 57 - Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother , 58 - The Fate of the Small House , 59 - John Eames Becomes a Man , 60 - Conclusion