ABSTRACT
Trollope extends his characterisation, not simply by our having several views of the one person but also because each of those views makes its own contribution to our understanding of the character who expresses it. This is an unobtrusive way by which to develop character, but it is again typical of Trollope's method, exploiting the normal and ordinary, the means by which we come to understand in life itself. Trollope had an uncompromising sense of moral purpose, but Trollope's society does not mean that he felt it necessary to show his sympathetic characters as paragons of virtue. Looking forward is as important as looking back. The characters have a purpose which is progressively defined and which gives power to the narrative, often in the sense of leading us to wonder not what will happen but rather how and when it will happen. The country house and the small town are more characteristic Trollopian locations.
