Orley Farm

Orley Farm is one of Anthony Trollope’s finest novels, published in 1862 and built around a long and gripping legal case. Years earlier, a codicil to an old man’s will left the small estate of Orley Farm to his young widow’s infant son, and now, with the boy grown, the disappointed heirs reopen the question of whether that document was forged. As lawyers gather and the case moves toward trial, Trollope keeps the reader in painful suspense about the guilt of Lady Mason, a proud and sympathetic woman with a terrible secret. It is at once a courtroom drama, a study of conscience, and a wide picture of English country society. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.