The Eustace Diamonds

Anthony Trollope

⏱ 8 minVictorian classic

A beautiful, chronically dishonest young widow refuses to give up a diamond necklace her husband's family say is an heirloom, and her lies multiply through a long social war and two robberies. Trollope's brilliant, cynical Palliser comedy.

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