After the death of her much older husband, in a bitterly fought court case Lady Mason is accused of forging his will to give her son the property of Orley Farm. Examining the imperfect workings of the legal system, Orley Farm was considered by Trollope's friends as 'the best I have written'.
Political Speeches (Oxford World's Classics)
β Scribed by Cicero
- Book ID
- 107721010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Series
- Oxford World's Classics
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780192832665
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