The Small House at Allington is the fifth novel in Anthony Trollope’s series known as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'. The story revolves around the lives of the two Dale sisters, Lily and Bell, living in the small house at Allington. The sisters fend off suitors and face financial struggles.

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I: The Squire of Allington

II: The Two Pearls of Allington

III: The Widow Dale of Allington

IV: Mrs. Roper’s Boardinghouse

V: About L. D.

VI: Beautiful Days

VII: The Beginning of Troubles

VIII: It Cannot Be

IX: Mrs. Dale’s Little Party

X: Mrs. Lupex and Amelia Roper

XI: Social Life

XII: Lilian Dale Becomes a Butterfly

XIII: A Visit to Guestwick

XIV: John Eames Takes a Walk

XV: The Last Day

XVI: Mr. Crosbie Meets an Old Clergyman on His Way to Courcy Castle

XVII: Courcy Castle

XVIII: Lily Dale’s First Love-Letter

XIX: The Squire Makes a Visit to the Small House

XX: Dr. Crofts

XXI: John Eames Encounters Two Adventures, and Displays Great Courage in Both

XXII: Lord De Guest at Home

XXIII: Mr. Plantagenet Palliser

XXIV: A Mother-in-Law and a Father-in-Law

XXV: Adolphus Crosbie Spends an Evening at His Club

XXVI: Lord De Courcy in the Bosom of His Family

XXVII: “On My Honour, I Do Not Understand It.”

XXVIII: The Board

XXIX: John Eames Returns to Burton Crescent

XXX: Is It from Him?

XXXI: The Wounded Fawn

XXXII: Pawkins’s in Jermyn Street

XXXIII: “The Time Will Come.”

XXXIV: The Combat

XXXV: Vae Victis

XXXVI: “See, the Conquering Hero Comes.”

XXXVII: An Old Man’s Complaint

XXXVIII: Doctor Crofts Is Called In

XXXIX: Dr. Crofts Is Turned Out

XL: Preparations for the Wedding

XLI: Domestic Troubles

XLII: Lily’s Bedside

XLIII: Fie, Fie!

XLIV: Valentine’s Day at Allington

XLV: Valentine’s Day in London

XLVI: John Eames at His Office

XLVII: The New Private Secretary

XLVIII: Nemesis

XLIX: Preparations for Going

L: Mrs. Dale Is Thankful for a Good Thing

LI: John Eames Does Things Which He Ought Not to Have Done

LII: The First Visit to the Guestwick Bridge

LIII: Loquitur Hopkins

LIV: The Second Visit to the Guestwick Bridge

LV: Not Very Fie Fie After All

LVI: Showing How Mr. Crosbie Became Again a Happy Man

LVII: Lilian Dale Vanquishes Her Mother

LVIII: The Fate of the Small House

LIX: John Eames Becomes a Man

LX: Conclusion

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