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The Eustace Diamonds

Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. While clever and beautiful, Lizzie has several character flaws; the greatest of these is an almost pathological delight in lying, even when it cannot benefit her. Before he dies, the disillusioned Sir Florian discovers all this, but does not think to change the generous terms of his will.

The diamonds of the book's title are a necklace, a Eustace family heirloom that Sir Florian gave to Lizzie to wear. Lizzie attempts to hold onto them, much to the irritation of the longtime family lawyer, Mr Camperdown. The Eustaces find themselves in an awkward position. On the one hand, the diamonds are a valuable heirloom to which Lizzie may not have a legal claim, but on the other, they do not want to antagonize the mother of the heir to the family estate (Lizzie having only a life interest).

Meanwhile, after a respectable period of mourning, Lizzie searches for another husband, and "the plot thickens". (Summary from Wikipedia)

This is the third of Trollope’s six “Palliser” novels. LibriVox recordings of other novels in the series are available:
1-Can You Forgive Her?
2-Phineas Finn, the Irish Member
3-The Eustace Diamonds
4-Phineas Redux
5-The Prime Minister
6-The Duke’s Children

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Lizzie Greystock (Laura Koskinen)
Lady Eustace (Philippa)
Lucy Morris (Notelrac)
Frank Greystock (cvd)
The Eustace Necklace (Philippa)
Lady Linlithgow's Mission (Philippa)
Mr. Burke's Speeches (Philippa)
The Conquering Hero Comes (par2323)
Showing What the Miss Fawns Said, and What Mrs. Hittaway Thought (Philippa)
Lizzie and Her Lover (Hannah Dowell)
Lord Fawn at His Office (Laura Koskinen)
"I Only Thought of It" (Lee Ann Howlett)
Showing What Frank Greystock Did (DianaJMB)
"Doan't Thou Marry for Munny" (Philippa)
"I'll Give You a Hundred Guinea Brooch" (Philippa)
Certainly an Heirloom (Catherine Millward)
The Diamonds Are Seen in Public (TriciaG)
"And I Have Nothing to Give" (Catherine Millward)
"As My Brother" (Catherine Millward)
The Diamonds Become Troublesome (Laura Koskinen)
"Ianthe's Soul" (Christine Blachford)
Lady Eustace Procures a Pony for the Use of Her Cousin (Lee Ann Howlett)
Frank Greystock's First Visit to Portray (skellie)
Showing What Frank Greystock Thought About Marriage (TriciaG)
Mr. Dove's Opinion (Catherine Millward)
Mr. Gowran Is Very Funny (Catherine Millward)
Lucy Morris Misbehaves (Catherine Millward)
Mr. Dove in His Chambers (Catherine Millward)
"I Had Better Go Away" (Catherine Millward)
Mr. Greystock's Troubles (Catherine Millward)
Frank Greystock's Second Visit to Portray (Catherine Millward)
Mr. and Mrs. Hittaway in Scotland (Catherine Millward)
"It Won't Be True" (Catherine Millward)
Lady Linlithgow at Home (Sage Tyrtle)
Too Bad for Sympathy (Sage Tyrtle)
Lizzie's Guests (Catherine Millward)
Lizzie's First Day (Catherine Millward)
Nappie's Grey Horse (Simon Evers)
Sir Griffin Takes an Unfair Advantage (Simon Evers)
"You Are Not Angry?" (Laura Koskinen)
"Likewise the Bears in Couples Agree" (Andrew Coleman)
Sunday Morning (Lee Ann Howlett)
Life at Portray (Lee Ann Howlett)
A Midnight Adventure (Bethany Simpson)
The Journey to London (Bethany Simpson)
Lucy Morris in Brook Street (Bethany Simpson)
Matching Priory (Laura Koskinen)
Lizzie's Condition (Lee Ann Howlett)
Bunfit and Gager (Mil Nicholson)
In Hertford Street (Andrew Coleman)
Confidence (Andrew Coleman)
Mrs. Carbuncle Goes to the Theatre (Andrew Coleman)
Lizzie's Sick-Room (Andrew Coleman)
"I Suppose I May Say a Word" (Laura Koskinen)
Quints or Semitenths (Laura Koskinen)
Job's Comforters (TriciaG)
Humpty Dumpty (Mil Nicholson)
"The Fiddle with One String" (Mil Nicholson)
Mr. Gowran Up in London (Philippa)
"Let It Be As Though It Had Never Been" (Philippa)
Lizzie's Great Friend (TriciaG)
"You Know Where My Heart Is" (Lee Ann Howlett)
The Corsair Is Afraid (Lee Ann Howlett)
Lizzie's Last Scheme (Lee Ann Howlett)
Tribute (Lee Ann Howlett)
The Aspirations of Mr. Emilius (TriciaG)
The Eye of the Public (Hoosemon)
The Major (TriciaG)
"I Cannot Do It" (TriciaG)
Alas! (Maire Rhode)
Lizzie Is Threatened with the Treadmill (Maire Rhode)
Lizzie Triumphs (Maire Rhode)
Lizzie's Last Lover (LC)
Lizzie at the Police-Court (Bethany Simpson)
Lord George Gives His Reasons (Bethany Simpson)
Lizzie Returns to Scotland (TriciaG)
The Story of Lucy Morris Is Concluded (cvd)
The Trial (Andrew Coleman)
Once More at Portray (Lee Ann Howlett)
What Was Said About It All at Matching (Laura Koskinen)
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