Lady Anna

Lady Anna (1874) by Anthony Trollope is a British Victorian novel of social mores, courtship, and thwarted relationships, dealing with the impact of an extended legal dispute over the validity of a noble title upon the lives of a countess and her daughter. In this powerful story that the author himself considered one of his most successful, Lady Anna is torn between love and duty, between two suitors and the pressures of conforming to her mother's iron will.