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The Duke's Children

The Duke's Children

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Number of Chapters: 80

Length: 22 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, finding himself in charge of his three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, has recently been expelled from Oxford; his younger brother, Gerald, is about to enter Cambridge; and the youngest, nineteen-year old Lady Mary, has imprudently formed an attachment to Francis Tregear, who, while certainly a gentleman, unfortunately has no income. Before her death, Glencora knew (and approved) of her daughter's attachment; the Duke, however, does not know of it, and is not at all likely to approve. Mrs. Finn (the former Marie Goesler), who was Glencora's closest friend, learns from Mary of her love for Tregear, and is faced with the question of either keeping silent, thus breaking faith with the Duke (who has entrusted Lady Mary to her care) or telling the Duke, and breaking faith with Mary herself.

Somewhat later Lord Silverbridge himself forms an attachment to an unsuitable (because American!) girl. The Duke, whose overriding passions in life are politics and the decimalization of English currency, finds himself facing the problems brought by his children, which now have to be resolved without their mother's help. It is, in short, a novel about the generation gap, and though Trollope would never have used the term, he was obviously familiar with the problem.
(Summary Nicholas Clifford)

The other Palliser novels are
1 - Can You Forgive Her?
2 - Phineas Finn, the Irish Member
3 - The Eustace Diamonds
4 - Phineus Redux
5 - The Prime Minister
6 - The Duke's Children

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01 - When the Duchess Was Dead (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
02 - Lady Mary Palliser (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
03 - Francis Oliphant Tregear (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
04 - Park Lane (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
05 - It Is Impossible (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
06 - Major Tifto (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
07 - Conservative Convictions (Debra Lynn)
08 - He Is a Gentleman (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
09 - In Medias Res (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
10 - Why Not Like Romeo If I Feel Like Romeo? (Lee Ann Howlett)
11 - Cruel (Lee Ann Howlett)
12 - At Richmond (Piper Hayes)
13 - The Duke's Injustice (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
14 - The New Member for Silverbridge (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
15 - The Duke Receives a Letter,—and Writes One (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
16 - Poor Boy (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
17 - The Derby (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
18 - One of the Results of the Derby (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
19 - No; My Lord, I Do Not (Piper Hayes)
20 - Then He Will Come Again (DianaJMB)
21 - Sir Timothy Beeswax (Piper Hayes)
22 - The Duke in His Study (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
23 - Frank Tregear Wants a Friend (Piper Hayes)
24 - She Must Be Made to Obey (Debra Lynn)
25 - A Family Breakfast-Table (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
26 - Dinner at the Beargarden (Piper Hayes)
27 - Major Tifto and the Duke (Piper Hayes)
28 - Mrs. Montacute Jones's Garden-Party (Piper Hayes)
29 - The Lovers Meet (Karen)
30 - What Came of the Meeting (Karen)
31 - Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 1 (Karen)
32 - Miss Boncassen's River-Party. No. 2 (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
33 - The Langham Hotel (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
34 - Lord Popplecourt (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
35 - Don't You Think—? (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
36 - Tally-Ho Lodge (Lee Ann Howlett)
37 - Grex (Lee Ann Howlett)
38 - Crummie-Toddie (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
39 - Killancodlem (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
40 - And Then! (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
41 - Ischl (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
42 - Again at Killancodlem (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
43 - What Happened at Doncaster (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
44 - How It Was Done (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
45 - There Shall Not Be Another Word About It (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
46 - Lady Mary's Dream (Angel5)
47 - Miss Boncassen's Idea of Heaven (Angel5)
48 - The Party at Custins Is Broken Up (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
49 - The Major's Fate (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
50 - The Duke's Arguments (Piper Hayes)
51 - The Duke's Guests (Piper Hayes)
52 - Miss Boncassen Tells the Truth (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
53 - Then I Am As Proud As a Queen (DianaJMB)
54 - I Don't Think She Is a Snake (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
55 - Polpenno (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
56 - The News Is Sent to Matching (Piper Hayes)
57 - The Meeting at "The Bobtailed Fox" (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
58 - The Major Is Deposed (meyerli)
59 - No One Can Tell What May Come to Pass (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
60 - Lord Gerald in Further Trouble (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
61 - Bone of My Bone (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
62 - The Brake Country (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
63 - I've Seen 'Em Like That Before (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
64 - I Believe Him to Be a Worthy Young Man (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
65 - Do You Ever Think What Money Is? (Philippa)
66 - The Three Attacks (Piper Hayes)
67 - He Is Such a Beast (Piper Hayes)
68 - Brook Street (Philippa)
69 - Pert Poppet! (Felicity C)
70 - Love May Be a Great Misfortune (Piper Hayes)
71 - What Am I to Say, Sir? (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
72 - Carlton Terrace (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
73 - I Have Never Loved You (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
74 - Let Us Drink a Glass of Wine Together (Piper Hayes)
75 - The Major's Story (Philippa)
76 - On Deportment (Piper Hayes)
77 - Mabel, Good-Bye (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
78 - The Duke Returns to Office (Jacquerie)
79 - The First Wedding (Jacquerie)
80 - The Second Wedding (Diana Majlinger)
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