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Subject(s)

• Upper class—England—Fiction [Browse]
• London (England)—Fiction [Browse]

Editor

• Mullin, Katherine [Browse]
• O'Gorman, Francis [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

The death of his beloved wife leaves the Duke of Omnium, former Prime Minister, struggling to impose his will on his three children: in debt, and in love with unsuitable marriage partners, they seek to go their own way, and the novel explores family conflict, principle, and the conquering power of love.

Notes

This edition previously issued in print: 2011.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Biographical Preface
• Introduction
• Note on the Text
• Select Bibliography
• A Chronology of Anthony Trollope
• THE DUKE'S CHILDREN
• VOLUME I
• 1. When the Duchess Was Dead
• 2. Lady Mary Palliser
• 3. Francis Oliphant Tregear
• 4. Park Lane
• 5. 'It is impossible'
• 6. Major Tifto
• 7. Conservative Convictions
• 8. 'He is a gentleman'
• 9. 'In medias res'
• 10. 'Why not like Romeo if I feel like Romeo?'
• 11. 'Cruel'
• 12. At Richmond
• 13. The Duke's Injustice
• 14. The New Member for Silverbridge
• 15. The Duke Receives a Letter,-and Writes One
• 16. 'Poor boy'
• 17. The Derby
• 18. One of the Results of the Derby
• 19. 'No
• my Lord, I do not'
• 20. 'Then he will come again'
• 21. Sir Timothy Beeswax
• 22. The Duke in His Study
• 23. Frank Tregear Wants a Friend
• 24. 'She must be made to obey'
• 25. A Family Breakfast-Table
• 26. Dinner at the Beargarden
• VOLUME II
• 27. Major Tifto and the Duke
• 28. Mrs Montacute Jones's Garden-Party
• 29. The Lovers Meet
• 30. What Came of the Meeting
• 31. Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 1
• 32. Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 2
• 33. The Langham Hotel
• 34. Lord Popplecourt
• 35. 'Don't you think--?'
• 36. Tally-ho Lodge
• 37. Grex
• 38. Crummie-Toddie
• 39. Killancodlem
• 40. 'And then!'
• 41. Ischl
• 42. Again at Killancodlem
• 43. What Happened at Doncaster
• 44. How It Was Done
• 45. 'There shall not be another word about it'
• 46. Lady Mary's Dream
• 47. Miss Boncassen's Idea of Heaven
• 48. The Party at Custins Is Broken Up
• 49. The Major's Fate
• 50. The Duke's Arguments
• 51. The Duke's Guests
• 52. Miss Boncassen Tells the Truth
• 53. 'Then I am as proud as a queen'
• VOLUME III
• 54. 'I don't think she is a snake'
• 55. Polpenno
• 56. The News Is Sent to Matching.
• 57. The Meeting at 'The Bobtailed Fox'
• 58. The Major Is Deposed
• 59. No One Can Tell What May Come to Pass
• 60. Lord Gerald in Further Trouble
• 61. 'Bone of my bone'
• 62. The Brake Country
• 63. 'I've seen 'em like that before'
• 64. 'I believe him to be a worthy young man'
• 65. 'Do you ever think what money is?'
• 66. The Three Attacks
• 67. 'He is such a beast'
• 68. Brook Street
• 69. 'Pert Poppet!'
• 70. 'Love may be a great misfortune'
• 71. 'What am I to say, sir?'
• 72. Carlton Terrace
• 73. 'I have never loved you'
• 74. 'Let us drink a glass of wine together'
• 75. The Major's Story
• 76. On Deportment
• 77. 'Mabel, good-bye'
• 78. The Duke Returns to Office
• 79. The First Wedding
• 80. The Second Wedding
• Appendix: The Chronology and Political Contexts of the Palliser Novels
• Explanatory Notes.

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ISBN

• 0-19-162047-5
• 0-19-192337-0
• 0-19-161858-6

OCLC

1119613483

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