E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. Copyright (C) 2013 by Taylor Prewitt Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 57792-h.htm or 57792-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57792/57792-h/57792-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57792/57792-h.zip) THE WAY THEY LIVED THEN Serious Interviews, Strong Women, and Lessons for Life in the Novels of Anthony Trollope by TAYLOR PREWITT Westfield Press Copyright 2013 by Taylor Prewitt All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition ISBN 978-0615866420 Westfield Press Fort Smith, Arkansas For Mary and Kendrick, Ellen, and Sally CONTENTS Introduction Required Reading for the Seminary _The Warden_ The Church in Peace and War _Barchester Towers_ Trollope's Alter Ego _Doctor Thorne_ An All-Star Cast _Framley Parsonage_ The Swell, the Hobbledehoy, and the Small House _The Small House at Allington_ The Victory of the Righteous _The Last Chronicle of Barset_ Can You Forgive a few Additions to the Text? _Can You Forgive Her?_ English Politics 101 _Phineas Finn_ A Cunning Woman _The Eustace Diamonds_ How the Women Took Care of Phineas _Phineas Redux_ "Are Not Politics Odd?" _The Prime Minister_ The Old Order Passeth _The Duke's Children_ Ruins, Ruin, and Ruined _The Macdermots of Ballycloran_ The Irish as Others See Them _The Kellys and the O'Kellys_ A Tale of No City _La Vendée_ The Office _The Three Clerks_ The Proud Young Lovers _The Bertrams_ Coping with Starvation _Castle Richmond_ The Lady Faces Them Down _Orley Farm_ Lear Revisited _The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson: By One of the Firm_ Bringing Good Beer to Devon _Rachel Ray_ "He Cometh Not; I Am Aweary" _Miss Mackenzie_ The School of Self-Assertiveness _The Belton Estate_ Love Conquers All, In the Ninth Inning _Nina Balatka: The Story of a Maiden of Prague_ More than Soap Opera, More than Fairy Tale _The Claverings_ Several Degrees of Stubborn _Linda Tressel_ The Downside of Chivalry _He Knew He Was Right_ The Prodigal Daughter _The Vicar of Bullhampton_ A Terminal Affection _Sir Harry Hotspur_ The Heir and the Bastard _Ralph the Heir_ A Hard Case _The Golden Lion of Granpere_ How to Become a Lady _Lady Anna_ Territory Folks Should Stick Together _Harry Heathcote of Gangoil_ The Way They Lived Then _The Way We Live Now_ What's a Poor Girl to Do? _The American Senator_ Lesser Barchester _Is He Popenjoy?_ Too Near the Precipice _An Eye for An Eye_ What Happens in Australia . . . _John Caldigate_ A Gifted Child _Ayala's Angel_ Keeping the Old Acreage Together _Cousin Henry_ What to Do About Muddy Boots _Dr. Wortle's School_ The Curse of Consumption _Marion Fay_ The Dog That Wouldn't Stay Under the Bed _Kept in the Dark_ The Advance Directive _The Fixed Period_ Details about Entails _Mr. Scarborough's Family_