The Prime Minister

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• Oxford World's Classics the Prime Minister i
• Oxford World's Classics ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword Trollope at the Turn of the Century vii
• Introduction 'somebodies in Their Time' xi
• Note on the Text xxiii
• Select Bibliography xxiv
• A Chronology of Anthony Trollope xxvi
• Contents Volume I xxxi
• Chapter I Ferdinand Lopez 1
• Chapter II Everett Wharton 10
• Chapter III Mr. Abel Wharton, Q.C. 20
• Chapter IV Mrs. Roby 32
• Chapter V 'No One Knows Anything About Him' 37
• Chapter VI an Old Friend Goes to Windsor 45

• Oxford World's Classics the Prime Minister i
• Oxford World's Classics ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Foreword Trollope at the Turn of the Century vii
• Introduction 'somebodies in Their Time' xi
• Note on the Text xxiii
• Select Bibliography xxiv
• A Chronology of Anthony Trollope xxvi
• Contents Volume I xxxi
• Chapter I Ferdinand Lopez 1
• Chapter II Everett Wharton 10
• Chapter III Mr. Abel Wharton, Q.C. 20
• Chapter IV Mrs. Roby 32
• Chapter V 'No One Knows Anything About Him' 37
• Chapter VI an Old Friend Goes to Windsor 45
• Chapter VII Another Old Friend 55
• Chapter VIII the Beginning of a New Career 63
• Chapter IX Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.--No. I 73
• Chapter X Mrs. Dick's Dinner Party.--No. II 83
• Chapter XI Carlton Terrace 92
• Chapter XII the Gathering of Clouds 106
• Chapter XIII Mr. Wharton Complains 113
• Chapter XIV a Lover's Perseverance 126
• Chapter XV Arthur Fletcher 134
• Chapter XVI Never Run Away! 143
• Chapter XVII Good-Bye 153
• Chapter XVIII the Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself 159
• Chapter XIX Vulgarity 170
• Chapter XX Sir Orlando's Policy 180
• Chapter XXI the Duchess's New Swan 191
• Chapter XXII St. James's Park 198
• Chapter XXIII Surrender 212
• Chapter XXIV the Marriage 222
• Chapter XXV the Beginning of the Honeymoon 230
• Chapter XXVI the End of the Honeymoon 239
• Chapter XXVII the Duke's Misery 246
• Chapter XXVIII the Duchess is Much Troubled 261
• Chapter XXIX the Two Candidates for Silverbridge 267
• Chapter XXXI 'Yes;--With a Horsewhip in My Hand' 286
• Chapter XXXII 'What Business is It of Yours?' 295
• Chapter XXXIII Showing That a Man Should Not Howl 304
• Chapter XXXV Lopez Back in London 326
• Chapter XXXVI the Jolly Blackbird 337
• Chapter XXXVII the Horns 344
• Chapter XXXVIII Sir Orlando Retires 356
• Chapter Xxxix 'Get Round Him' 365
• Chapter XL 'Come and Try It' 372
• The Prime Minister Volume II 383
• Chapter XLI the Value of a Thick Skin 1
• Chapter XLII Retribution 7
• Chapter XLIII Kauri Gum 24
• Chapter XLIV Mr. Wharton Intends to Make a New Will 32
• Chapter XLV Mrs. Sexty Parker 40
• Chapter XLVI 'He Wants to Get Rich Too Quick' 48
• Chapter XLVII as for Love! 59
• Chapter XLVIII 'Has He Ill-Treated You?' 71
• Chapter Xlix 'Where is Guatemala?' 79
• Chapter L Mr. Slide's Revenge 88
• Chapter LI Coddling the Prime Minister 98
• Chapter LII 'I Can Sleep Here To-Night, I Suppose?' 109
• Chapter LIII Mr. Hartlepod 120
• Chapter Liv Lizzie 129
• Chapter LV Mrs. Parker's Sorrows 141
• Chapter LVI What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband 147
• Chapter LVII the Explanation 157
• Chapter LVIII 'Quite Settled' 168
• Chapter LIX 'the First and the Last' 177
• Chapter LX the Tenway Junction 184
• Chapter LXI the Widow and Her Friends 194
• Chapter LXII Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read 204
• Chapter LXIII the Duchess and Her Friend 213
• Chapter LXIV the New K.G. 222
• Chapter LXV 'there Must Be Time' 232
• Chapter LXVI the End of the Session 239
• Chapter LXVII Mrs. Lopez Prepares to Move 248
• Hapter LXVIII the Prime Minister's Political Creed 257
• Chapter LXIX Mrs. Parker's Fate 269
• Chapter LXX at Wharton 276
• Chapter LXXI the Ladies at Longbarns Doubt 288
• Chapter LXXII 'He Thinks That Our Days Are Numbered' 294
• Chapter LXXIII Only the Duke of Omnium 309
• Chapter LXXIV 'I Am Disgraced and Shamed' 320
• Chapter LXXV the Great Wharton Alliance 332
• Chapter LXXVI Who Will It Be? 343
• Chapter LXXVII the Duchess in Manchester Square 351
• Chapter LXXVIII the New Ministry 358
• Chapter LXXX the Last Meeting at Matching 380
• Appendix Trollope's Autobiography and the Prime Minister 387
• Explanatory Notes 397
• Who's Who in the Prime Minister 433