The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
by
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
First published in monthly installments in 1875 and 1876
and in book form in 1876
CONTENTS
| Volume I | |
| I. | Ferdinand Lopez |
| II. | Everett Wharton |
| III. | Mr. Abel Wharton, Q.C. |
| IV. | Mrs. Roby |
| V. | "No One Knows Anything About Him" |
| VI. | An Old Friend Goes to Windsor |
| VII. | Another Old Friend |
| VIII. | The Beginning of a New Career |
| IX. | Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.—No. I |
| X. | Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.—No. II |
| XI. | Carlton Terrace |
| XII. | The Gathering of Clouds |
| XIII. | Mr. Wharton Complains |
| XIV. | A Lover's Perseverance |
| XV. | Arthur Fletcher |
| XVI. | Never Run Away! |
| XVII. | Good-Bye |
| XVIII. | The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself |
| XIX. | Vulgarity |
| XX. | Sir Orlando's Policy |
| XXI. | The Duchess's New Swan |
| XXII. | St. James's Park |
| XXIII. | Surrender |
| XXIV. | The Marriage |
| XXV. | The Beginning of the Honeymoon |
| XXVI. | The End of the Honeymoon |
| XXVII. | The Duke's Misery |
| XXVIII. | The Duchess Is Much Troubled |
| XXIX. | The Two Candidates for Silverbridge |
| XXX. | "Yes;—a Lie!" |
| XXXI. | "Yes;—with a Horsewhip in My Hand" |
| XXXII. | "What Business Is It of Yours?" |
| XXXIII. | Showing That a Man Should Not Howl |
| XXXIV. | The Silverbridge Election |
| XXXV. | Lopez Back in London |
| XXXVI. | The Jolly Blackbird |
| XXXVII. | The Horns |
| XXXVIII. | Sir Orlando Retires |
| XXXIX. | "Get Round Him" |
| XL. | "Come and Try It" |
| Volume II | |
| XLI. | The Value of a Thick Skin |
| XLII. | Retribution |
| XLIII. | Kauri Gum |
| XLIV. | Mr. Wharton Intends to Make a New Will |
| XLV. | Mrs. Sexty Parker |
| XLVI. | "He Wants to Get Rich Too Quick" |
| XLVII. | As for Love! |
| XLVIII. | "Has He Ill-treated You?" |
| XLIX. | "Where Is Guatemala?" |
| L. | Mr. Slide's Revenge |
| LI. | Coddling the Prime Minister |
| LII. | "I Can Sleep Here To-night, I Suppose?" |
| LIII. | Mr. Hartlepod |
| LIV. | Lizzie |
| LV. | Mrs. Parker's Sorrows |
| LVI. | What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband |
| LVII. | The Explanation |
| LVIII. | "Quite Settled" |
| LIX. | "The First and the Last" |
| LX. | The Tenway Junction |
| LXI. | The Widow and Her Friends |
| LXII. | Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read |
| LXIII. | The Duchess and Her Friend |
| LXIV. | The New K.G. |
| LXV. | "There Must Be Time" |
| LXVI. | The End of the Session |
| LXVII. | Mrs. Lopez Prepares to Move |
| LXVIII. | The Prime Minister's Political Creed |
| LXIX. | Mrs. Parker's Fate |
| LXX. | At Wharton |
| LXXI. | The Ladies at Longbarns Doubt |
| LXXII. | "He Thinks That Our Days Are Numbered" |
| LXXIII. | Only the Duke of Omnium |
| LXXIV. | "I Am Disgraced and Shamed" |
| LXXV. | The Great Wharton Alliance |
| LXXVI. | Who Will It Be? |
| LXXVII. | The Duchess in Manchester Square |
| LXXVIII. | The New Ministry |
| LXXIX. | The Wharton Wedding |
| LXXX. | The Last Meeting at Matching |