The Small House at Allington, Volume 2

The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope is a poignant novel of love, social constraint, and quiet endurance in Victorian England. Set in the rural village of Allington, it follows the lives of two sisters, Lily and Bell Dale, who live with their widowed mother in a modest cottage. When two brothers, Adolphus and Bernard Crawley, rent nearby, romance blooms-especially between shy, beautiful Lily and the kind Adolphus. But Lily's heart belongs to the charming yet unreliable Dr. John ...