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AliceVavasorcannotdecidewhethertomarryherambitiousbutviolentcousinGeorgeortheuprightandgentlemanlyJohnGrey-andfindsherselfacceptingandrejectingeachoftheminturn.Increasinglyconfusedaboutherownfeelingsandunabletoforgiveherselfforsuchvacillation,hersituationiscontrastedwiththatofherfriendLadyGlencora-forcedtomarrytherisingpoliticianPlantagenetPalliserinordertopreventtheworthlessBurgoFitzgeraldfromwastinghervastfortune.InaskinghisreaderstopardonAliceforhertransgressionoftheVictorianmoralcode,Trollopecreatedatellingandwide-rangingaccountofthesocialworldofhisday.