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Title: The Eustace Diamonds
Subtitle: The Palliser Novels, Book 3
Author: Anthony Trollope
Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged
Length: 23 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-27-11
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
The third novel in the Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds is a satirical study of the influence of money and greed on human relationships in Victorian society.
The story follows two contrasting women and their courtships. Lizzie Greystock and Lucy Morris are both hampered in their love affairs by their lack of money. Lizzies trickery and deceit, however, contrast with Lucys constancy.
Lizzie Greystock, determined to marry into wealth, snares the ailing Sir Florian Eustace and quickly becomes a widow. Despite the brevity of their marriage, Lizzie inherits according to the generous terms of Sir Florians will, which include the Eustace diamonds. When the Eustace family solicitor, Mr. Camperdown, begins to question her legal claim to the family heirloom, Lizzie weaves a tangled web of deception and crime to gain possession of the diamonds. Enlisting the aid of her cousin, Frank, much to the dismay of Franks fiancée, Lizzie seeks to avoid legal prosecution while pursuing one love affair after another.
In this third novel of the Palliser series and the one least focused on the politics of the time, Trollope was understood to be commenting on the malaise in Victorian England that allowed a character like Lizzie, who marries for money, steals the family diamonds, and behaves despicably throughout, to rise unscathed in society.
Trollope's The Eustace Diamonds blends elements of mystery, politics, and romance in a memorable work.
Critic Reviews:
Trollope will remain one of the most trustworthy of the writers who have helped the heart of man to know itself. (Henry James)
