Orley Farm
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Orley Farm is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that blends legal drama with social satire, centered on a disputed inheritance and a controversial will.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
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novel → |
| author |
Anthony Trollope
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| centralTheme |
controversial will
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disputed inheritance → marriage and courtship → morality and guilt → the English legal system → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| criticalReception |
considered one of Trollope's more serious novels
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praised for its courtroom scenes → |
| firstPublicationDate |
1861
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| firstPublisher |
The Cornhill Magazine
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| followedBy |
The Small House at Allington
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| genre |
legal drama
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realist novel → social satire → |
| hasAdaptation |
Orley Farm (1981 BBC radio adaptation)
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| hasIllustrationBy |
John Everett Millais
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| language |
English
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| laterPublishedAs |
two-volume book edition
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| literaryMovement |
realism
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| literaryPeriod |
Victorian literature
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| mainCharacter |
Felix Graham
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Judge Staveley → Lady Mason → Lucius Mason → Madeline Stavely → Mr. Furnival → Mrs. Furnival → Sir Joseph Mason → |
| narrativeStyle |
third-person omniscient
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| notableFor |
complex moral characterization of Lady Mason
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detailed depiction of Victorian legal practice → |
| originalMedium |
magazine serial
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| partOf |
Anthony Trollope bibliography
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| plotFocus |
lawsuit over the ownership of Orley Farm estate
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| precededBy |
Framley Parsonage
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| publicationFormat |
serialisation
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| settingCountry |
England
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| settingPeriod |
19th century
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| subjectMatter |
family conflict
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property law → social class in Victorian England → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Anthony Trollope
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notableWork |