The cover page is adapted from Toussaint Lemaistre, a painting completed in 1833 by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Camille_Corotwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Cousin Henry
Chapitres (24)
- I: Uncle Indefer 0:00
- II: Isabel Brodrick 17:42
- III: Cousin Henry 35:54
- IV: The Squire’s Death 53:05
- V: Preparing for the Funeral 1:10:53
- VI: Mr. Apjohn’s Explanation 1:28:38
- VII: Looking for the Will 1:46:18
- VIII: The Reading of the Will 2:04:14
- IX: Alone at Llanfeare 2:20:34
- X: Cousin Henry Dreams a Dream 2:38:34
- XI: Isabel at Hereford 2:56:59
- XII: Mr. Owen 3:14:24
- XIII: The Carmarthen Herald 3:33:59
- XIV: An Action for Libel 3:52:24
- XV: Cousin Henry Makes Another Attempt 4:10:49
- XVI: Again at Hereford 4:29:25
- XVII: Mr. Cheekey 4:45:33
- XVIII: Cousin Henry Goes to Carmarthen 5:04:51
- XIX: Mr. Apjohn Sends for Assistance 5:22:59
- XX: Doubts 5:40:42
- XXI: Mr. Apjohn’s Success 5:59:04
- XXII: How Cousin Henry Was Let Off Easily 6:16:56
- XXIII: Isabel’s Petition 6:35:46
- XXIV: Conclusion 6:54:02
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As an old squire approaches his death, he vacillates over how to leave his substantial property: to the niece he loves, or to the nephew he despises? A will is made in favor of the nephew, following the squire’s sense of duty. But during the young man’s visit to the estate, the squire’s revulsion makes him produce a new will in favor of his niece. After his funeral, the earlier will is found among his papers, but not the later one. Cousin Henry takes his place as the new squire under a cloud, and worse—as it transpires that, unknown to anyone else, he alone knows where the later will is hidden. Too weak to destroy the will, and too greedy to disclose its existence, he descends into misery as the lawyers close in.
Anthony Trollope’s later fiction is marked by his keen interest in the psychology of his characters, what Michael Sadleir called his “novels of the mind.” In Cousin Henry, the plot is simple, but the psychological is paramount. The inner life of each of the leading characters is laid bare under Trollope’s pen: not only the unfortunate Cousin Henry, but equally his proud and imperious rival, Isabel, and the indefatigable lawyer, Mr. Apjohn.