01674    a2200181   4500001000700000020001800007020001100025082000800036100002200044300001100066490002900077520119200106700001701298856002401315040002501339245009701364260003101461119106  a9780199587780  qbroch.  a823  aTrollope, Anthony  a637 p.  aOxford world´s classics  aThe third in Trollope's six-volume Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds boasts an extraordinary heroine in Lizzie Eustace, a lying schemer in the mould of Thackeray's Becky Sharp. A pompous Under-Secretary of State, an exploitative and acquisitive American and her unhappy "niece," a shady radical peer, and a brutal aristocrat are only some of the characters in this, one of Trollope's most engaging novels: part sensation fiction, part detective story, part political satire, and part ironic romance. It is also a highly revealing study of Victorian Britain, its colonial activities in Ireland and India, its veneration of wealth, and its pervasive dishonesty. In her introduction, Helen Small explores the central themes of lying and truth-telling, placing the novel within contemporary political and social debates. An invaluable appendix outlines the political context of the Palliser novels and establishes the internal chronology of the series and the relationship between fictional and
actual political events, providing a unique understanding of the series as a linked narrative. In addition, the book includes a compact biography of Trollope and a wealth of explanatory notes.  aSmall, Helen  u000034/0000341d.jpg  aBR-BrIDEAcBR-BrIDEA10aThe Eustace diamondscAnthony Trollope ; edited win an introduction and notes by Helen Small  aOxfordbOxford Pressc2011