This fictional account of a case of forgery was much admired by the author's greatest contemporaries, including George Eliot. The plot centres on a legal action which results in the unjust acquittal of Lady Mason, the central sympathetic character. Other plot strands concern youthful marriage choices, middle-aged marital crisis, and the moving love and loss of an elderly man.
With its concern for social issues and its extensive coverage of middle-class and landed life, Orley Farm is a novel that demands attention in the rich field of nineteenth century fiction.
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