The Eustace Diamonds
- Author Anthony Trollope
- Narrator Simon Vance
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 13 April 2011
- Run Time 23 hours and 59 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic fiction.
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What to expect
The third and least political novel of the Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds concerns the beautiful pathological liar Lizzie Greystock. Determined to marry into wealth, Lizzie snares the ailing Sir Florian Eustace and quickly becomes a widow. Despite the brevity of their marriage, Lizzie still inherits according to the generous terms of Sir Florian’s will, which include the Eustace diamonds. When the Eustace family solicitor, Mr. Camperdown, begins to question her legal claim to the family heirloom, Lizzie begins to weave a tangled web of deception and crime to gain possession of the diamonds.
Enlisting the aid of her cousin Frank Greystock, much to the dismay of his fiancée, Lucy Morris, Lizzie seeks to both avoid legal prosecution and have a true love affair, first with Frank, and later with Lord George de Bruce Carruthers. Considered a satire of the acceptance of the corrupting influence of money and greed in Victorian society, Trollope’s novel blends elements of mystery, politics, and romance in a memorable and thought-provoking work.
Critics Review
u201cThe Eustace Diamonds is a novel about the scandal and yet the ubiquity of lyingu2026That Lizzieu2026is such a source of pleasure to the reader, and commands reluctant admiration from many in the novel, is a consequence of her combination of quick-wittedness, youth, and complete absence of moral conscience.u201d
nu201cFor readers [Lizzie is] a masterpiece of comic invention. The brilliant so-polite-but-deadly dialogue, posh bitchy female spats, and hilariously unimpressed servants, make this a joy to read.u201d
u201cAmong narrator Simon Vanceu2019s many talents is his flair for censorious dowagers, filling their voices with lofty pique and the creaking of staysu2026As with all Trollopeu2019s novels, the authoru2019s voice is ever at large examining the moral territory. To this editorial presence, Vance gives a limber pacing and genial tone that are exactly in tune with Trollopeu2019s humane sensibility.u201d
u201cLizze Eustace is at the heart of the novel and it is Trollopeu2019s success in portraying her in all her shabby weakness and her not-inconsiderable strangths that have ensured the continuing popularity of The Eustace Diamonds.u201d
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