<div> <p><em>The</em> <em>Small House at Allington</em> introduces Trollope’s most beloved heroine the <span>charming </span>Lily Dale to the Barsetshire scene. </P><P>Lily is the niece of Squire Dale an embittered old bachelor living in the main house on his property at Allington. He has loaned an adjacent small house rent-free to his widowed sister-in-law and her daughters Lily and Bell. But the relations between the two houses are strained affecting the romantic entanglements of the girls.</p> <p>Lily has long been unsuccessfully wooed by John Eames a junior clerk at the income tax office. The handsome and personable Adolphus Crosbie looks like an enticing alternative; but Adolphus has his eye on the rigid Lady Alexandrina de Courcy whose family is in a position to further his career. Bell meanwhile must choose between the local doctor James Crofts and her wealthy cousin Bernard.</p> </div><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>