Everyman Classics: The Small House At Allington

Lily Dale lives with her sister Bell and their widowed mother in rural tranquility at Allington. But Lily yearns for more than their pastoral idyll can offer. In Adolphus Crosbie, a "swell" visiting from London, she believes she has found just that. When the self-seeking Crosbie jilts Lily for Lady Alexandrina De Courcy, her wold is rocked to it foundations despite the unwavering adoration of her stalwart, Johnny Eames. But Crosbie does not escape unscathed. While Lily nurses her wounds, he learns his error in yielding to the glamour of rank.

This story develops Trollope's concern with the clash between settled rural innocence and metropolitan immorality.

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