Marion Fay (1882) offers a pair of romances, each involving a match between one titled personage and one commoner. The misalliances lead to the typical strains between parental desires and romantic wishes of the young. The novel’s primary characters have such noble dispositions that Trollope was impelled to create several far more interesting minor characters who either threaten mayhem or provide amusing diversions. (summary by Arnold Banner)
Chapters
1 THE MARQUIS OF KINGSBURY 22 min 2 LORD HAMPSTEAD 26 min 3 THE MARCHIONESS 24 min 4 LADY FRANCES 23 min 5 MRS. RODEN 24 min 6 PARADISE ROW 24 min 7 THE POST OFFICE 24 min 8 MR. GREENWOOD 23 min 9 AT KÖNIGSGRAAF 22 min 10 'NOBLESSE OBLIGE.' 24 min 11 LADY PERSIFLAGE 25 min 12 CASTLE HAUTBOY 25 min 13 THE BRAESIDE HARRIERS 23 min 14 COMING HOME FROM HUNTING 23 min 15 MARION FAY AND HER FATHER 24 min 16 THE WALK BACK TO HENDON 21 min 17 LORD HAMPSTEAD'S SCHEME 24 min 18 HOW THEY LIVED AT TRAFFORD PARK 24 min 19 LADY AMALDINA'S LOVER 24 min 20 THE SCHEME IS SUCCESSFUL 23 min 21 WHAT THEY ALL THOUGHT AS THEY WENT HOME 23 min 22 AGAIN AT TRAFFORD 22 min 23 THE IRREPRESSIBLE CROCKER 23 min 24 MRS. RODEN'S ELOQUENCE 23 min 25 MARION'S VIEWS ABOUT MARRIAGE 24 min 26 LORD HAMPSTEAD IS IMPATIENT 22 min 27 THE QUAKER'S ELOQUENCE 25 min 28 MARION'S OBSTINACY 23 min 29 MRS. DEMIJOHN'S PARTY 25 min 30 NEW YEAR'S DAY 23 min 31 MISS DEMIJOHN'S INGENUITY 22 min 32 KING'S COURT, OLD BROAD STREET 22 min 33 MR. GREENWOOD BECOMES AMBITIOUS 23 min 34 LIKE THE POOR CAT I' THE ADAGE 23 min 35 LADY FRANCES SEES HER LOVER 23 min 36 MR. GREENWOOD'S FEELINGS 22 min 37 'THAT WOULD BE DISAGREEABLE.' 21 min 38 'I DO.' 22 min 39 AT GORSE HALL 21 min 40 POOR WALKER 22 min 41 FALSE TIDINGS 22 min 42 NEVER, NEVER, TO COME AGAIN 21 min 43 DI CRINOLA 21 min 44 'I WILL COME BACK AS I WENT.' 20 min 45 TRUE TIDINGS 21 min 46 ALL THE WORLD KNOWS IT 20 min 47 'IT SHALL BE DONE.' 21 min 48 MARION WILL CERTAINLY HAVE HER WAY 20 min 49 'BUT HE IS;, HE IS.' 20 min 50 THE GREAT QUESTION 21 min 51 'I CANNOT COMPEL HER.' 21 min 52 IN PARK LANE 20 min 53 AFTER ALL HE ISN'T 22 min 54 'OF COURSE THERE WAS A BITTERNESS.' 20 min 55 LORD HAMPSTEAD AGAIN WITH MRS. RODEN 23 min 56 LORD HAMPSTEAD AGAIN WITH MARION 21 min 57 CROCKER'S DISTRESS 22 min 58 'DISMISSAL. B. B.' 23 min 59 PEGWELL BAY 24 min 60 LADY AMALDINA'S WEDDING 22 min 61 CROCKER'S TALE 24 min 62 'MY MARION.' 24 min 63 MR. GREENWOOD'S LAST BATTLE 21 min 64 THE REGISTRAR OF STATE RECORDS 23 min
