An Old Man's Love

Anthony Trollope

Summary

An Old Man's Love by Anthony Trollope is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: Trollope's last completed novel was published in 1884, two years after his death. An Old Man's Love tells the story of John Gordon, a young man of good birth and education but no money, who falls in love with Mary Lawrie, who also possesses no fortune. The novel concerns Gordon's ongoing struggles t This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.

Available since: 06/06/2026.

Print length: 240 pages.

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