Eustace DiamondsAnthony Trollope
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
Audiolibros
80 capítulos
27 h 30 min
- 1 Lizzie Greystock24:59
- 2 Lady Eustace21:56
- 3 Lucy Morris21:39
- 4 Frank Greystock18:18
- 5 The Eustace Necklace30:04
- 6 Lady Linlithgow's Mission18:56
- 7 Mr. Burke's Speeches21:47
- 8 The Conquering Hero Comes16:16
- 9 Showing What the Miss Fawns Said, and What Mrs. Hittaway Thought27:06
- 10 Lizzie and Her Lover32:13
- 11 Lord Fawn at His Office16:18
- 12 "I Only Thought of It"15:10
- 13 Showing What Frank Greystock Did21:50
- 14 "Doan't Thou Marry for Munny"21:31
- 15 "I'll Give You a Hundred Guinea Brooch"24:48
- 16 Certainly an Heirloom18:46
- 17 The Diamonds Are Seen in Public18:02
- 18 "And I Have Nothing to Give"27:03
- 19 "As My Brother"26:19
- 20 The Diamonds Become Troublesome15:23
- 21 "Ianthe's Soul"20:30
- 22 Lady Eustace Procures a Pony for the Use of Her Cousin13:37
- 23 Frank Greystock's First Visit to Portray20:05
- 24 Showing What Frank Greystock Thought About Marriage15:46
- 25 Mr. Dove's Opinion16:16
- 26 Mr. Gowran Is Very Funny27:45
- 27 Lucy Morris Misbehaves15:21
- 28 Mr. Dove in His Chambers28:19
- 29 "I Had Better Go Away"20:04
- 30 Mr. Greystock's Troubles21:46
- 31 Frank Greystock's Second Visit to Portray27:45
- 32 Mr. and Mrs. Hittaway in Scotland13:57
- 33 "It Won't Be True"21:35
- 34 Lady Linlithgow at Home20:03
- 35 Too Bad for Sympathy23:54
- 36 Lizzie's Guests20:10
- 37 Lizzie's First Day28:25
- 38 Nappie's Grey Horse30:27
- 39 Sir Griffin Takes an Unfair Advantage9:55
- 40 "You Are Not Angry?"11:05
- 41 "Likewise the Bears in Couples Agree"21:55
- 42 Sunday Morning13:16
- 43 Life at Portray22:31
- 44 A Midnight Adventure21:14
- 45 The Journey to London17:12
- 46 Lucy Morris in Brook Street23:53
- 47 Matching Priory24:11
- 48 Lizzie's Condition13:13
- 49 Bunfit and Gager22:56
- 50 In Hertford Street20:55
- 51 Confidence13:13
- 52 Mrs. Carbuncle Goes to the Theatre27:54
- 53 Lizzie's Sick-Room28:02
- 54 "I Suppose I May Say a Word"23:59
- 55 Quints or Semitenths11:41
- 56 Job's Comforters21:21
- 57 Humpty Dumpty26:25
- 58 "The Fiddle with One String"11:03
- 59 Mr. Gowran Up in London20:13
- 60 "Let It Be As Though It Had Never Been"24:51
- 61 Lizzie's Great Friend32:14
- 62 "You Know Where My Heart Is"16:26
- 63 The Corsair Is Afraid17:37
- 64 Lizzie's Last Scheme13:33
- 65 Tribute19:15
- 66 The Aspirations of Mr. Emilius19:20
- 67 The Eye of the Public18:47
- 68 The Major19:36
- 69 "I Cannot Do It"25:46
- 70 Alas!15:02
- 71 Lizzie Is Threatened with the Treadmill27:32
- 72 Lizzie Triumphs20:01
- 73 Lizzie's Last Lover24:16
- 74 Lizzie at the Police-Court13:13
- 75 Lord George Gives His Reasons12:40
- 76 Lizzie Returns to Scotland25:30
- 77 The Story of Lucy Morris Is Concluded18:44
- 78 The Trial21:42
- 79 Once More at Portray20:09
- 80 What Was Said About It All at Matching14:17
