Anthony Trollope dismissed The Belton Estate as the worst thing he ever wrote — which is nonsense. It is the novel in which he looks most steadily at what a woman without money is actually choosing between. Clara Amedroz, left with no fortune, stands between two men: the cousin who will inherit the estate she grew up in, and an eligible gentleman with a career and cold prospects of affection. Honest and unsentimental, this edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 50 full-page color plates.
