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The peace following the war has left people with little hope for their future. Beginning with the plans for his wedding Lucy Marling, Sam Adams sees his own daughter married. The young, disconsolate bachelor, Oliver Marling grisling over his Bohun non-book and the loss of pregnant Jessica Dean... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Miss Lucy Marling: Almost 30 employee of Mr. Adams running his market garden and farming ventures, and his future wife. An intelligent, practical girl of courage and remarkable perserverance who has cared for her aging parents, and adores her brother Oliver. Always says, "I'll tell you what..."
- Mr Sam Adams: 50ish wealthy, self-made ironmaster of Hogglestock mills, newly engaged owner of the Old Bank House, Edgewood and MP for Barchester. Father of Heather, whose mother died when she was very young, grown, finishing Maths at Oxford and marrying Ted Pilward..
- Mrs. Amabel Marling: Mother of Bill, Lettice, Oliver and Lucy.
- Hon. Mr. William Marling: Aging, partially deaf, irrascable owner of Marling Hall
- Oliver Marling: Lucy's brother, confidant and freind. Moons hopelessly after Jessica Dean Clover. Writing an esoteric and scholarly book on the poetry - erotoc - of Bohun. Selfish, self-centered and self-indulgent
- Lettice Marling Watson Barclay: Oldest Marling daughter. Widowed with two girls, Diana and Claire Warson, she married Captain Tom Barclay, whom Lucy admired, and has two sons by him. They live in Yorkshire.
- Bill Marling: Oldest Marling son, a professional soldier, married to dull Dierdra - "Mrs. Bill" who calls her in-laws pater and mater. Four dull children
- Dr. Bishop Joram: Ex-bishop of sub-Equatorial Mngangaland, now canon of Barchester with a lovely house in the Cathedral Close
- Jessica Dean Clover: Youngest Dean child, successful London actress married to fellow actor, playwright, producer, Aubrey Clover - expecting their first child.
- Miss Mowbray, aka Miss M: daughter of a doctor in East Riding, who lives to work and cook for Jessica Dean Clover
- Sarah Siddons Clover: Name given to expected daughter of Jessica Dean and Aubrey Clover
- Mrs. Belton: of Harefield taught the Adams, father and daughter, how to get on in society. Mother of grown children Robert, Charles and a daughter
- Miss Pickthorn: Sam Adam's secretary at Hogglesworth Iron Works
- Lady Victoria Norton: Dreadful Dowager
- Lady Agnes Graham: ephemeral mistress of household at Little Misfit, Husband Robert, Clariia, Essie
- Lady Sally Pomfret: married to Lord Gillie Pomfret, mother of Lord Mellings and his 2 siblings, tireless worker for village and county, former head of local Red Cross
- Eleanor Grantly Norton: New Head of the St. John and Red Cross Hospital Libraries after Lady Sally Pomfret
- Miss Isabel Dale: formerly secretary in Red Crioss Libraries offiice who goes to work for Mrs. Marling to help with Lucy's wedding. Fiance killed in landing in Italy in WW II. Works when her wealthy, but stingy, mother at the Great House at Allington is not ill.
- Mr. Gresham: The Conservative Member for East Barsetshire, a middle-aged bachelor of old county stock who agrees to be Mr. Adam's best man
- Mrs. Brandon: Still beautiful widowed mother of daughtrer Delia and son Francis Brandon who lives at Stories with her and his wife and young family.
- Francis Brandon,: Mrs Brandon's "bone selfish" son, husband of Peggy Arbuthnot) Brandon, father of three, who rides roughshod over his mother
- Mrs. Francis (Peggy Arbuthnot) Brandon: Wife of Francis Brandon, mother of three" Effie and twins. Widowed in India, she used to flirted outrageously with anything in pants, and loved to act in amateur productions, but is now sidelined by her husand's demand's for her attention.
- Robin Dale: Junior Housemaster of Southbridge School. Married to Anne Fielding, parents of twin girls
- Mrs. Robin (Anne Fielding) Dale: Married to Robin Dale, parents of twin girls, only child of Lord and Lady Fielding.
- Siir Edmund Pridham: One of the older gentlemen fluttering around Mrs. Brandon
- Lady Cora Pallister of Gatherum Castle: Young , slightly impoverished "Lady" with a love of amateur theatricals
- Jeffrey Pallister, Lord Silverbridge of Gatherum Castle: Heir of Gatherum Castle, writing histort of Barsetshire Yeomanry regiment, plays the piano beautifully. Wishes he had the funds to campaigb for the House of Lords. Works for the publishers, Johns.
- Plantagenant Pallister, Duke of Omnium: Aging duke, father of Lady Cora ans Lord Silverbridge. Collects sham books for his library door
- Duchess of Omnium: KInd and caring mother of Lady Cora and Lord Silverbridge, and a younger son, Gerry, who died at the end of the war
- Mr. Parkinson: new vicar of Pomfret Madrigal - low church, with a wife and children. Not a very bright young man.
- Miss Frances Harvey: Official in Department of General Interference, brother Geoffrey in Tape and Sealing Wax Office. Frances almost got Oliver Marling to propose during the war.
First Sentence edit
Miss Lucy Marling, as we all know, had agreat deal of courage and a dogged perserverance that hasd helped her through many difficulties connected with the market garden and farming ventures of her present employer and future husband, Mr. Adams.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-13.
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