Orley Farm (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Trials, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Wills, Corruption, Attorneys
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Lady Mary Mason, the widow of Sir Joseph Mason, forty-five years her senior. After Sir Joseph’s death, her son Lucius was awarded Orley Farm by a codicil to his father’s will. The codicil had been contested by Joseph Mason, Sir Joseph’s son by an earlier marriage, but Lady Mason won the court case. Later, a shady attorney, Dockwrath, angry at Lucius, digs up some papers that lead him to believe the codicil a forgery. He gets Joseph Mason to reopen the case. Lady Mason is befriended by Sir Peregrine Orme. When Sir Peregrine proposes, Lady Mason...
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