Orley Farm (1861–1862 serial publication)

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Orley Farm is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope, originally serialized in 1861–1862, renowned for its intricate legal plot and exploration of moral ambiguity in English society.

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instanceOf novel
author Anthony Trollope
centralConflict disputed will and property claim
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReputation one of Trollope’s most highly regarded novels
explores ethical complexity of legal practice
public reputation versus private guilt
tension between law and personal morality
firstPublicationCentury 19th century
genre legal fiction
realist fiction
hasAdaptation Orley Farm (radio adaptation)
hasCharacter Felix Graham
Joseph Mason
Lucius Mason
Mrs. Orme
Sir Peregrine Orme
hasIllustrationsBy John Everett Millais
hasLegalTheme forgery of a will
property inheritance dispute
hasMainCharacter Lady Mason
hasMoralTheme guilt and confession
social judgment and forgiveness
hasSubgenre courtroom drama
domestic novel
illustrator John Everett Millais
language English
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
narrativeStyle third-person omniscient
notableFor exploration of moral ambiguity
intricate legal plot
originalPublicationFormat serial
originalSerializationEndYear 1862
originalSerializationStartYear 1861
partOf Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire-related works
publicationMedium magazine serialization
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Chapman and Hall
setting England
theme family and inheritance
law and justice
morality and conscience
social class in Victorian England
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting 19th-century England

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Lady Mason firstPublishedIn Orley Farm (1861–1862 serial publication)
Lucius Mason firstPublishedIn Orley Farm (1861–1862 serial publication)
Joseph Mason (the elder son) firstPublishedIn Orley Farm (1861–1862 serial publication)
Mary Snow workPublishedIn Orley Farm (1861–1862 serialisation)
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