Chapter III: Preface

I. MY EDUCATION, 1815-1834. II. MY MOTHER. III. THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, 1834-1841. IV. IRELAND—MY FIRST TWO NOVELS, 1841-1848. V. MY FIRST SUCCESS, 1849-1855. VI. BARCHESTER TOWERS AND THE THREE CLERKS, 1855-1858. VII. DOCTOR THORNE—THE BERTRAMS—THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN. VIII. THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE AND FRAMLEY PARSONAGE. IX. CASTLE RICHMOND—BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON—NORTH AMERICA—ORLEY FARM. X. THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON—CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?—RACHEL RAY—AND THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. XI. THE CLAVERINGS—THE PALL MALL GAZETTE—NINA BALATKA—AND LINDA TRESSEL. XII. ON NOVELS AND THE ART OF WRITING THEM. XIII. ON ENGLISH NOVELISTS OF THE PRESENT DAY. XIV. ON CRITICISM. XV. THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET—LEAVING THE POST OFFICE—ST. PAUL'S MAGAZINE. XVI. BEVERLEY. XVII. THE AMERICAN POSTAL TREATY—THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT WITH AMERICA—FOUR MORE NOVELS. XVIII. THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON—SIR HARRY HOTSPUR—AN EDITOR'S TALES—CAESAR. XIX. RALPH THE HEIR—THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS—LADY ANNA—AUSTRALIA. XX. THE WAY WE LIVE NOW AND THE PRIME MINISTER—CONCLUSION.

THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS By Anthony Trollope First published in serial form in the Fortnightly Review from July, 1871, to February, 1873, and in book form in 1872 CONTENTS

Volume I

I. Lizzie Greystock II. Lady Eustace III. Lucy Morris IV. Frank Greystock V. The Eustace Necklace VI. Lady Linlithgow's Mission VII. Mr. Burke's Speeches VIII. The Conquering Hero Comes IX. Showing What the Miss Fawns Said, and What Mrs. Hittaway Thought X. Lizzie and Her Lover XI. Lord Fawn at His Office XII. "I Only Thought of It" XIII. Showing What Frank Greystock Did XIV. "Doan't Thou Marry for Munny" XV. "I'll Give You a Hundred Guinea Brooch" XVI. Certainly an Heirloom XVII. The Diamonds Are Seen in Public XVIII. "And I Have Nothing to Give" XIX. "As My Brother" XX. The Diamonds Become Troublesome XXI. "Ianthe's Soul" XXII. Lady Eustace Procures a Pony for the Use of Her Cousin XXIII. Frank Greystock's First Visit to Portray XXIV. Showing What Frank Greystock Thought About Marriage XXV. Mr. Dove's Opinion XXVI. Mr. Gowran Is Very Funny XXVII. Lucy Morris Misbehaves XXVIII. Mr. Dove in His Chambers XXIX. "I Had Better Go Away" XXX. Mr. Greystock's Troubles XXXI. Frank Greystock's Second Visit to Portray XXXII. Mr. and Mrs. Hittaway in Scotland XXXIII. "It Won't Be True" XXXIV. Lady Linlithgow at Home XXXV. Too Bad for Sympathy XXXVI. Lizzie's Guests XXXVII. Lizzie's First Day XXXVIII. Nappie's Grey Horse

Volume II

XXXIX. Sir Griffin Takes an Unfair Advantage XL. "You Are Not Angry?" XLI. "Likewise the Bears in Couples Agree" XLII. Sunday Morning XLIII. Life at Portray XLIV. A Midnight Adventure XLV. The Journey to London XLVI. Lucy Morris in Brook Street XLVII. Matching Priory XLVIII. Lizzie's Condition XLIX. Bunfit and Gager L. In Hertford Street LI. Confidence LII. Mrs. Carbuncle Goes to the Theatre LIII. Lizzie's Sick-Room LIV. "I Suppose I May Say a Word" LV. Quints or Semitenths LVI. Job's Comforters LVII. Humpty Dumpty LVIII. "The Fiddle with One String" LIX. Mr. Gowran Up in London LX. "Let It Be As Though It Had Never Been" LXI. Lizzie's Great Friend LXII. "You Know Where My Heart Is" LXIII. The Corsair Is Afraid LXIV. Lizzie's Last Scheme LXV. Tribute LXVI. The Aspirations of Mr. Emilius LXVII. The Eye of the Public LXVIII. The Major LXIX. "I Cannot Do It" LXX. Alas! LXXI. Lizzie Is Threatened with the Treadmill LXXII. Lizzie Triumphs LXXIII. Lizzie's Last Lover LXXIV. Lizzie at the Police-Court LXXV. Lord George Gives His Reasons LXXVI. Lizzie Returns to Scotland LXXVII. The Story of Lucy Morris Is Concluded LXXVIII. The Trial LXXIX. Once More at Portray LXXX. What Was Said About It All at Matching

THE THREE CLERKS By Anthony Trollope With an Introduction by W. Teignmouth Shore

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