Orley Farm, Volume 2 (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

from linenandprint

A big and burly Victorian novel where all is not tidy in the end. It gives you a wonderfully detailed look at a very broad group of people who for the space of a few months interact. You want to follow each of them off the page. Highly recommended.

from japaul22

I liked this standalone novel by one of my favorite authors. The plot of Orley Farm centers around a 20 year old disputed will. At issue is whether a codicil that granted Orley Farm, one small portion of the estate, to the only infant son of a second marriage was forged by this baby's mother, Lad...

from mbmackay

Another gem from Anthony Trollope. Trollope has a wonderful, almost forensic, eye for describing and building his characters. While the setting is Victorian, I find it easy to spot contemporary real-life characters with similar nuances. Unusually for Trollope, in this book the plot make a signifi...

from pgchuis

Lady Mason succeeded in proving the validity of a codicil to her husband's will, leaving Orley Farm to her son, Lucius 20 years ago. Her step-son, Joseph, to whom his father had promised everything, has constantly brooded over this injustice and, when evidence is brought to him supporting the cla...

from thornton37814

Lady Mason wanted her son to inherit Orley Farm rather than her husband's older son by a previous marriage. She found a means to do this which was contested both at the time and twenty years later. Your sins will find you out. I did not enjoy this book. The overdone prose and slow-moving plot kep...