Abstract

This essay draws upon Weberian sociology, law and literature studies, and Victorian novel criticism to explore Trollope's representation of the law in Orley Farm and The Eustace Diamond s . It reveals Trollope's damaging juxtaposition of the ethics of the realist novel and the commercialism of criminal advocacy in Orley Farm , and his persistent elevation of realist fiction as ethically superior to legal and romantic maneuvering in The Eustace Diamonds . Ultimately, the essay argues that Trollope is engaged in a vigorous competition on behalf of writers to rival lawyers for professional stature and charismatic authority in Victorian England.

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