ABSTRACT

Anthony Trollope is perhaps best known for the group of Barsetshire novels, a rich and enduring picture of society in a small cathedral town. He also wrote a number of Irish novels and a series about political society known as the ‘Palliser novels’.

First published in 1978, this introduction to Trollope’s life and work surveys all of his forty-seven novels, as well as his various miscellaneous works, and calls for a reassessment of his impressive achievement.

This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian literature.

chapter 1|8 pages

Life and Character

chapter 2|17 pages

The Irish Novels and Stories

chapter 3|21 pages

The Way They Lived Then

chapter 4|28 pages

Barchester Chronicles

chapter 5|34 pages

The Semi-Political Novels

chapter 6|26 pages

Other Longer Novels, 1858-70

chapter 7|20 pages

Shorter Novels, 1863-74

chapter 8|19 pages

The Final Phase

chapter 9|18 pages

Other Works

chapter 10|8 pages

Conclusion: An Estimate