Orley Farm is Trollope at his best (as good as the Barsetshire series), which means some of the best characterizations in the English language. Trollope's people are real; the beleaguered Lady Mason, charged with forging a will; the aged lover Sir Peregrine Orme; Madeleine Stavely, deeply but practically in love; the shallow, fickle Sophia Furnival and others are 3-dimensional figures that live and breathe. His satire of the so-called "justice" system is the best kind of satire: he just describes the court proceedings as they really are. The result is as up-to-date as today's newspaper. (Introduction by Leonard Wilson)
Chapters
1 01 - THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT ORLEY FARM CASE 30 min 2 02 - LADY MASON AND HER SON 36 min 3 03 - THE CLEEVE 21 min 4 04 - THE PERILS OF YOUTH 19 min 5 05 - SIR PEREGRINE MAKES A SECOND PROMISE 17 min 6 06 - THE COMMERCIAL ROOM, BULL INN, LEEDS 33 min 7 07 - THE MASONS OF GROBY PARK 33 min 8 08 - MRS. MASON'S HOT LUNCHEON 15 min 9 09 - A CONVIVIAL MEETING 27 min 10 10 - MR., MRS., AND MISS FURNIVAL 23 min 11 11 - MRS. FURNIVAL AT HOME 26 min 12 12 - MR. FURNIVAL'S CHAMBERS 24 min 13 13 - GUILTY, OR NOT GUILTY 25 min 14 14 - DINNER AT THE CLEEVE 25 min 15 15 - A MORNING CALL AT MOUNT PLEASANT VILLA 23 min 16 16 - MR. DOCKWRATH IN BEDFORD ROW 23 min 17 17 - VON BAUHR 24 min 18 18 - THE ENGLISH VON BAUHR 18 min 19 19 - THE STAVELY FAMILY 33 min 20 20 - MR. DOCKWRATH IN HIS OWN OFFICE 20 min 21 21 - CHRISTMAS IN HARLEY STREET 25 min 22 22 - CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY 33 min 23 23 - CHRISTMAS AT GROBY PARK 19 min 24 24 - CHRISTMAS IN GREAT ST. HELENS 19 min 25 25 - MR. FURNIVAL AGAIN AT HIS CHAMBERS 25 min 26 26 - WHY SHOULD I NOT? 29 min 27 27 - COMMERCE 19 min 28 28 - MONKTON GRANGE 26 min 29 29 - BREAKING COVERT 22 min 30 30 - ANOTHER FALL 25 min 31 31 - FOOTSTEPS IN THE CORRIDOR 18 min 32 32 - WHAT BRIDGET BOLSTER HAD TO SAY 31 min 33 33 - THE ANGEL OF LIGHT 25 min 34 34 - MR. FURNIVAL LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE 19 min 35 35 - LOVE WAS STILL THE LORD OF ALL 34 min 36 36 - WHAT THE YOUNG MEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT 22 min 37 37 - PEREGRINE'S ELOQUENCE 22 min 38 38 - OH, INDEED! 19 min 39 39 - WHY SHOULD HE GO? 38 min 40 40 - I CALL IT AWFUL 19 min 41 41 - HOW CAN I SAVE HIM? 26 min 42 42 - JOHN KENNEBY GOES TO HAMWORTH 20 min 43 43 - JOHN KENNEBY'S COURTSHIP 20 min 44 44 - SHOWING HOW LADY MASON COULD BE VERY NOBLE 32 min 45 45 - SHOWING HOW MRS. ORME COULD BE VERY WEAK MINDED 30 min 46 46 - A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FRIENDSHIP 19 min 47 47 - THE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES 20 min 48 48 - THE ANGEL OF LIGHT UNDER A CLOUD 28 min 49 49 - MRS. FURNIVAL CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT 24 min 50 50 - IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE 35 min 51 51 - MRS. FURNIVAL'S JOURNEY TO HAMWORTH 21 min 52 52 - SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY 20 min 53 53 - LADY MASON RETURNS HOME 30 min 54 54 - TELLING ALL THAT HAPPENED BENEATH THE LAMP-POST 23 min 55 55 - WHAT TOOK PLACE IN HARLEY STREET 22 min 56 56 - HOW SIR PEREGRINE DID BUSINESS WITH MR. ROUND 22 min 57 57 - THE LOVES AND HOPES OF ALBERT FITZALLEN 22 min 58 58 - MISS STAVELEY DECLINES TO EAT MINCED VEAL 30 min 59 59 - NO SURRENDER 22 min 60 60 - WHAT REBEKAH DID FOR HER SON 24 min 61 61 - THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION 24 min 62 62 - WHAT THE FOUR LAWYERS THOUGHT ABOUT IT 22 min 63 63 - THE EVENING BEFORE THE TRIAL 29 min 64 64 - THE FIRST JOURNEY TO ALSTON 24 min 65 65 - FELIX GRAHAM RETURNS TO NONINGSBY 29 min 66 66 - SHOWING HOW MISS FURNIVAL TREATED HER LOVERS 23 min 67 67 - MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION 18 min 68 68 - THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL 27 min 69 69 - THE TWO JUDGES 20 min 70 70 - HOW AM I TO BEAR IT? 27 min 71 71 - SHOWING HOW JOHN KENNEBY AND BRIDGET BOLSTER BORE THEMSELVES IN COURT 30 min 72 72 - MR. FURNIVAL'S SPEECH 22 min 73 73 - MRS. ORME TELLS THE STORY 28 min 74 74 - YOUNG LOCHINVAR 20 min 75 75 - THE LAST DAY 28 min 76 76 - I LOVE HER STILL 24 min 77 77 - JOHN KENNEBY'S DOOM 20 min 78 78 - THE LAST OF THE LAWYERS 28 min 79 79 - FAREWELL 30 min 80 80 - SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY 20 min
