&quot;Doctor Thorne&quot;, third book in the <i>Chronicles of Barsetshire</i> or the <i>Barchester series,</i> appeared in 1858 and is considered by Trollope to be the best of his works. The novel is a telling examination of the relationship between money and morality.<br /><br />&quot;Doctor Thorne&quot; recounts the story of the son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham, who is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank&#39;s ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to make a good marriage to a wealthy heiress. Only Mary&#39;s loving uncle, Dr Thorne, knows of the fortune she is about to inherit - but believes she should be accepted on her own terms.<br /><br />Novels in the <i>Barchester series</i>:<br />1-The Warden<br />2-Barchester Towers<br />3-Doctor Thorne<br />4-Framley Parsonage<br />5-The Small House at Allington<br />6-The Last Chronicle of Barset