ABSTRACT

First published in 1968, this book sets out to refute the idea of Trollope as a ‘mild cathedral-town novelist, describing storms in ecclesiastical tea cups’ which prevailed at the time in spite of his stature during his lifetime. The author reveals the full strength and range of Trollope’s achievement and provides an excellent introduction to further exploration of the novels. Two sections — ‘Narrative Method’ and ‘Subject-Matter’ — are used as the basis from which the author examines key themes in Trollope’s work, with instructive extracts from the novels included to illustrate these points and upon which commentary is provided. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

chapter |1 pages

Scheme of extracts

part |36 pages

Narrative method

part |72 pages

Subject-matter

chapter |7 pages

Love: the heroine

chapter |6 pages

Marriage without love

chapter |7 pages

The clergy: sacred

chapter |5 pages

The clergy: profane

chapter |7 pages

Politics

chapter |6 pages

Big business

chapter |6 pages

Satire on rank

chapter |5 pages

‘Low life'

chapter |7 pages

The rogue heroine

chapter |5 pages

The rogue hero

chapter |3 pages

Violence

chapter |6 pages

Tragedy