The Prime Minister

CONTENTS Biographical Preface Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography A Chronology of Anthony Trollope THE PRIME MINISTER Appendix: The Chronology and Political Contexts of the Palliser Novels Explanatory Notes CONTENTS VOLUME I 1. Ferdinand Lopez 2. Everett Wharton 3. Mr Abel Wharton, Q.C. 4. Mrs Roby 5. 'No one knows anything about him' 6. An Old Friend Goes to Windsor 7. Another Old Friend 8. The Beginning of a New Career 9. Mrs Dick's Dinner Party.—No. 1 10. Mrs Dick's Dinner Party.—No. 2 11. Carlton Terrace 12. The Gathering of Clouds 13. Mr Wharton Complains 14. A lover's Perseverance 15. Arthur Fletcher 16. Never Run Away! 17. Good-bye 18. The Duke of Omnium Thinks of Himself 19. Vulgarity 20. Sir Orlando's Policy VOLUME II
 21. The Duchess's New Swan 22. St Jame's Park 23. Surrender 24. The Marriage 25. The Beginning of the Honeymoon 26. The End of the Honeymoon 27. The Duke's Misery 28. The Duchess is Much Troubled 29. The Two Candidates for Silverbridge 30. 'Yes;-a lie!' 31. 'Yes;-with a horsewhip in my hand' 32. 'What business is it of yours?' 33. Showing that a Man Should Not Howl 34. The Silverbridge Election 35. Lopez Back in London 36. The Jolly Blackbird 37. The Horns 38. Sir Orlando Retires 39. 'Get round him' 40. 'Come and try it' VOLUME III 41. The Value of a Thick Skin 42. Retribution 43. Kauri Gum 44. Mr Wharton Intends to Make a New Will 45. Mrs Sexty Parker 46. 'He wants to get rich too quick' 47. As For Love! 48. 'Has he ill-treated you?' 49. 'Where's Guatemala?' 50. Mr Slide's Revenge 51. Coddling the Prime Minister 52. 'I can sleep here to-night, I suppose?' 53. Mr Hartlepod 54. Lizzie 55. Mrs Parker's Sorrows 56. What the Duchess Thought of Her Husband 57. The Explanation 58. 'Quite settled' 59. 'The first and the last' 60. The Tenway Junction VOLUME IV 61. The Widow and Her Friends 62. Phineas Finn Has a Book to Read 63. The Duchess and Her Friend 64. The New K.G. 65. 'There must be time' 66. The End of the Session 67. Mrs Lopez Prepares to Move 68. The Prime Minister's Political Creed 69. Mrs Parker's Fate 70. At Wharton 71. The Ladies at Longbarns Doubt 72. 'He thinks that our days are numbered' 73. Only the Duke of Omnium 74. 'I am disgraced and shamed' 75. The Great Wharton Alliance 76. Who Will it Be? 77. The Duchess in Manchester Square 78. The New Ministry 79. The Wharton Wedding 80. The Last Meeting at Matching