The Claverings is a novel by Anthony Trollope, written in 1864 and published in 1866-67. It is the story of a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Harry Clavering is the only son of Reverend Henry Clavering, a well-to-do clergyman and the paternal uncle of the affluent baronet Sir Hugh Clavering. At the novel's beginning, Harry is jilted by his fiancee, the sister of Sir Hugh's wife, who proceeds to marry Lord Ongar, a wealthy but debauched earl.