The Small House at Allington. [texte imprimé] /
Trollope. Anthony., Auteur . -
london : Penguin books, 1995 . - 611p. ; 11cm*18cm.
ISBN : 978-0-14-062177-8
Langues : Anglais (
eng)
Langues originales : Anglais (
eng)
Index. décimale : |
820 Littérature de langue anglaise |
Résumé : |
lilian and bell dale live with their mother at the small house in allington near their uncle who inhabits the qdjoining great house pretty spirited and warm-hearted they are not short of suitors before long lily has succumbed to the charms of the dashing young swell adolphus crosbie while their cousin bernard spurred on by their uncle proposes to bell. who promptly rejects him crosbie lured away by the grandeur of high society and the bland attractions of lady alexandrina abandons lily in favour of a loveless marriage of convenience will the unhappy lily ever fall in love again or bell so self contained let any man near her heart |