The Belton Estate
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First published in 1865, The Belton Estate is concerned with the plight of unmarried, impecunious women in the 19th century. A novel rich in psychological insights, this is a love story, but one of unusual proportions in a Trollope novel.
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- THE BELTON ESTATE
- ANTHONY TROLLOPE
- First published in serial form in the Fortnightly Review in 1865 and in book form the same year
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE REMNANTS OF THE AMEDROZ FAMILY.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE HEIR PROPOSES TO VISIT HIS COUSINS.
- CHAPTER III.
- WILL BELTON.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SAFE AGAINST LOVE-MAKING.
- CHAPTER V.
- NOT SAFE AGAINST LOVE-MAKING.
- CHAPTER VI.
- SAFE AGAINST LOVE-MAKING ONCE AGAIN.
- CHAPTER VII.
- MISS AMEDROZ GOES TO PERIVALE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CAPTAIN AYLMER MEETS HIS CONSTITUENTS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CAPTAIN AYLMER'S PROMISE TO HIS AUNT.
- CHAPTER X.
- SHOWING HOW CAPTAIN AYLMER KEPT HIS PROMISE.
- CHAPTER XI.
- MISS AMEDROZ IS TOO CANDID BY HALF.
- CHAPTER XII.
- MISS AMEDROZ RETURNS HOME.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- MR. WILLIAM BELTON TAKES A WALK IN THE COUNTRY.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- MR. WILLIAM BELTON TAKES A WALK IN LONDON.
- CHAPTER XV.
- EVIL WORDS.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- THE HEIR'S SECOND VISIT TO BELTON.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- AYLMER PARK.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- MRS. ASKERTON'S STORY.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- MISS AMEDROZ HAS ANOTHER CHANCE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- WILLIAM BELTON DOES NOT GO OUT HUNTING.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- MRS. ASKERTON'S GENEROSITY.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- PASSIONATE PLEADING.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE LAST DAY AT BELTON.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY HOTEL.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- MISS AMEDROZ HAS SOME HASHED CHICKEN.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- THE AYLMER PARK HASHED CHICKEN COMES TO AN END.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- ONCE MORE BACK TO BELTON.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- MISS AMEDROZ IS PURSUED.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- THERE IS NOTHING TO TELL.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- MARY BELTON.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- TAKING POSSESSION.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- CONCLUSION.
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