Anthony Trollope
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Anthony Trollope ( TROL-əp; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser novels, as well as The Way We Live Now. His novels address political, social, and gender issues and other topical matters. He also wrote an autobiography, a book on William Makepeace Thackeray, a book on Lord Palmerston, five travel books, and 42 short stories. Trollope's literary reputation dipped during the last years of his life, but he regained somewhat of a following by the mid-20th century.
Books
Autobiography
Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century)
Scott, Sir Walter. The two drovers. Wandering Willie's tale. Lamb, Charles. The witch aunt. Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The snow image. The threefold destiny. [Dr. Heidegger's experiment]( Howe's masquerade. Disraeli, Benjamin. Ixion in heaven. Poe, E.A. [Fall of the House of Usher]( [Pit and the Pendulum]( [Eleonora]( Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The squire's story. Brown, Dr. John. Rab and his friends. Dickens, Charles. The seven poor travellers. Trollope, Anthony. Malachi's cove. Meredith, George. The punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the builder. White, W.H. Mr Whittaker's retirement. Morris, William. The story of the unknown church. Garnett, Richard. The dumb oracle. Harte, F.B. Miggles. Tennessee's partner. The Iliad of Sandy Bar. Mliss. Stevenson, R.L. Markheim. Thrawn Janet. Providence and the guitar. Gissing, George. Christopherson. Coleridge, Mary. The king is dead, long live the king. Crackenthorpe, Hubert. Saint-Pé.
Cousin Henry
When the Squire of Llanfeare dies, his nephew Henry inherits the estate. Rumours are rife that the Squire had named his niece Isabel as his heir, and that Henry is an impostor. Mr Apjohn, the family lawyer, takes it upon himself to investigate.
Phineas Finn, the Irish member
The Palliser Novels, book 2: Phineas Finn, The Irish Member
The Belton estate
Following a family tragedy, the home of Clara Amedroz passes to a distant cousin, the farmer Will Belton. Clara rejects his proposal of marriage in favour of the dull MP, Captain Aylmer. The theme of the novel is the difficulty of being a spirited woman in a world made for men.
The Eustache Diamonds
It was admitted by all her friends, and also by her enemies - who were in truth the more numerous and active body of the two - that Lizzie Greystock had done very well with herself. We will tell the story of Lizzie Greystock from the beginning, but we will not dwell over it at great length, as we might do if we loved her. She was the only child of old Admiral Greystock, who in the latter years of his life was much perplexed by the possession of a daughter.
The way we live now
The story of Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and scoundrel, and his daughter, to whom Felix, adored son of Lady Carbury, is induced to propose marriage for the sake of securing a fortune.
Barchester Towers
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 2: Barchester Towers Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire novels. Described as humorous, this wonderful novel that interweaves power, love, greed, and deceit in Barchester. Barchester Towers (1857) is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire, the work in which, after a ten-year apprenticeship, Trollope finally found his distinctive voice. In this his most popular novel, the chronicler continues the story of Mr. Harding and his daughter Eleanor, begun in The Warden, adding to his cast of characters that oily symbol of "progress" Mr. Slope, the hen-pecked Dr. Proudie, and the amiable and breezy Stanhope family. Love, mammon, clerical in-fighting, and promotion again figure prominently and comically, all centered on the magnificently imagined cathedral city of Barchester. The central questions of this moral comedy -- Who will be warden? Who will be dean? Who will marry Eleanor? -- are skilfully handled with the subtlety of ironic observation that has won Trollope such a wide and appreciative readership over the last 150 years. - Back cover.
Christmas at Thompson Hall
Thompson Hall, redolent of plum-pudding and mince-pie, green of holly, warmed by omnipotent Victorian fireplaces, awaits the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Brown from the south of France. But they may never make it to Thompson Hall. The story opens in Paris at Le Grand Hotel, where Mr. Brown is down with "a throat-condition" - he is unable to travel to England. Only Mrs. Brown is quite determined they will go on. So begins a Christmas tale complicated and simple, pathetic and farcical, embarrassing, - even risque, though of course it could be read aloud to an assembled Victorian family.
The Fixed Period
Trollope's only science fiction novel, written in 1880, is set in the year 1980 on an island near New Zealand where euthanasia for citizens over the age of 67 is compulsory.
Autobiographyand Other Writings
After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around, becoming both a senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. Best-known for the two series of novels grouped loosely around the clerical and political professions, the Barsetshire and Palliser series, in this work Trollope frankly describes his writing habits. This edition also includes a selection of his critical writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was.