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📖 Read on Archive.org (external link, opens in new tab)- Author
- Anthony Trollope
- Publisher
- oxford university press
- Released
- 1866
- Pages
- 400
- Series
- The Manor house novels
- Readers
- 2.0★ (1)
The Belton estate
1800 · Book · Anthony Trollope
FictionInheritance and successionEnglish fictionMan-woman relationshipsSocial life and customsManners and customs
Following a family tragedy, the home of Clara Amedroz passes to a distant cousin, the farmer Will Belton. Clara rejects his proposal of marriage in favour of the dull MP, Captain Aylmer. The theme of the novel is the difficulty of being a spirited woman in a world made for men. by Anthony Trollope