Indefer Jones se trouve mal-en-point au debut du roman. Il s'inquiete alors de son heritage et il hesite longuement avant d'etablir son testament. Il aimerait tant pouvoir laisser ses terres de Llanfeare a sa niece Isabel. Celle-ci vit avec lui depuis des annees et est appreciee de tous les fermiers et villageois. Mais Indefer Jones veut respecter la tradition et se decide en faveur de son neveu Henry qu'il connait a peine et qu'il ne porte pas dans son estime. Indefer Jones a neanmoins une idee pour regler son cas de conscience: et si Isabel epousait son cousin Henry ?"

Le Cousin Henry

'It was so hard that the pleasant waters of his little stream should be disturbed and muddied ...that his quiet paths should be made a battlefield: that the unobtrusive corner of the world which been allotted to him ...made miserable and unsound'.Trollope's witty, satirical story of a quiet cathedral town shaken by scandal - as the traditional values of Septimus Harding are attacked by zealous reformers and ruthless newspapers - is a drama of conscience that pits individual integrity against worldly ambition. In The Warden Anthony Trollope brought the fictional county of Barsetshire to life, peopled by a cast of brilliantly realised characters that have made him among the supreme chroniclers of the minutiae of Victorian England. It is the first book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire.

Le Directeur

Un amour de jeunesse évoque diverses passions : l’amour des deux jeunes gens, Adolphe Bauche et Marie Clavert, l’orpheline recueillie par la mère du jeune homme ; la colère et l’indignation de madame Bauche, prête à tout pour empêcher son héritier de convoler avec une jeune fille pleine de qualités, certes, mais sans le sou ; la concupiscence et la convoitise du Capitaine, un militaire vieillissant, qui aimerait bien profiter de la situation pour s’octroyer une jeune et belle épouse et certains avantages financiers.L’affaire finira de façon tragique, car Trollope n’était pas homme à s’illusionner sur le pouvoir de l’argent.

Un amour de jeunesse

Indefer Jones, le proprietaire de Llanfeare, devenu vieux, est assailli par le doute quant au choix de son heritier. Il choisit d'abord sa niece preferee, Isabel Broderick, puis son neveu Henry Jones, qu'il deteste cordialement, mais c'est un Jones... Il finit par faire un troisieme testament, juste avant sa mort, par lequel il choisit Isabel. Mais ce dernier demeure introuvable. Pas tout a fait car Henry, heritier designe en l'absence du troisieme testament, sait que ce dernier se trouve dans un livre de sermons que son oncle lisait peu avant sa mort."

Le Cousin

The site of the present city of Washington was chosen with three special views; firstly, that being on the Potomac it might have the full advantage of water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the seaboard as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might be central alike to all the States. It was presumed when Washington was founded that these three advantages would be secured by the selected position. As regards the first, the Potomac affords to the city but few of the advantages of a sea-port. Ships can come up, but not ships of large burthen. The river seems to have dwindled since the site was chosen; and at present it is, I think, evident that Washington can never be great in its shipping. Statio benefida carinis can never be its motto. As regards the second point, singularly enough Washington is the only city of the Union that has been in an enemy's possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, and we burnt it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any time. Owing to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as we can now see, and as well as we can now judge, Washington will soon be on the borders of the nation to which it belongs, instead of at its centre. I fear, therefore, that we must acknowledge that the site chosen for his country's capital by George Washington has not been fortunate.
I have a strong idea, which I expressed before in speaking of the capital of the Canadas, that no man can ordain that on such a spot shall be built a great and thriving city. No man can so ordain even though he leave behind him, as was the case with Washington, a prestige sufficient to bind his successors to his wishes. The political leaders of the country have done what they could for Washington. The pride of the nation has endeavoured to sustain the character of its chosen metropolis. There has been no rival, soliciting favour on the strength of other charms. The country has all been agreed on the point since the father of the country first commenced the work.

North America

This book deals with the history of Jamaica.

"Studies in Jamaica archæology and history naturally fall into three main groups: Aboriginal, Spanish and English. Though, owing to the high form of civilization there attained, research has in Egypt revealed very full information concerning the condition of life in the Nile valley thousands of years before the Christian era, it has hitherto told us very little about the aborigines who inhabited Jamaica a little more than 400 years ago. How long they had been here when Columbus discovered the island no one can say for certain, though the thickness and extent of their middens, some thirty of which have been opened from time to time, offer evidence of value."

Jamaica - Historical Study

Clara Amedroz, toujours célibataire à 25 ans, est la seule fille du vieux châtelain de Belton Castle (Somersetshire). Ce dernier a dilapidé sa fortune pour assouvir les extravagances de son fils, qui vient de se suicider, de sorte que le domaine doit revenir à son cousin par alliance Will Belton.Aimable et généreux, quoique rustaud, celui-ci offre d’épouser Clara. Sensible à ses qualités, elle ne s’en croit pas moins éprise du très courtois mais fuyant capitaine Frederic Aylmer, membre du Parlement, auprès duquel Will fait pâle figure.Aussi, lorsque Aylmer se décide enfin à demander sa main, Clara s’empresse-t-elle d’accepter ce prestigieux parti. Son bonheur sera de courte durée : Aylmer se révèle un homme froid et snob, qui ne songe qu’à son confort et soumet sa fiancée à la férule de sa mère…

Le Cousin Henry

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