Anthony Trollope (1815–1882).
Biographical note
Novelist, son of Thomas Anthony T., a barrister who ruined himself by speculation, and of Frances T. (q.v.), a well-known writer, was born in London, and ed. at Harrow and Winchester. His childhood was an unhappy one, owing to his father’s misfortunes. After a short time in Belgium he obtained an appointment in the Post Office, in which he rose to a responsible position. His first three novels had little success; but in 1855 he found his line, and in The Warden produced the first of his Barsetshire series. It was followed by Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858), Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867), which deal with the society of a small cathedral city. Other novels are Orley Farm, Can you forgive Her?, Ralph the Heir, The Claverings, Phineas Finn, He knew he was Right, and The Golden Lion of Grandpré. In all he wrote about 50 novels, besides books about the West Indies, North America, Australia, and South Africa, a translation of Cæsar, and monographs on Cicero and Thackeray. His novels are light of touch, pleasant, amusing, and thoroughly healthy. They make no attempt to sound the depths of character or either to propound or solve problems. Outside of fiction his work was generally superficial and unsatisfactory. But he had the merit of providing a whole generation with wholesome amusement, and enjoyed a great deal of popularity. He is said to have received £70,000 for his writings.
[From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin, 1910]
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Works
The Barsetshire Novels
- The Warden (1855) [ read | download ]
- Barchester Towers (1857) [ read | download ]
- Doctor Thorne (1858) [ read | download ]
- Framley Parsonage (1861) [ read | download ]
- The Small House at Allington (1864) [ read | download ]
- The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867) [ read | download ]
The Pallisers Novels
- Can You Forgive Her? (1864) [ read | download ]
- Phineas Finn (1869) [ read | download ]
- The Eustace Diamonds (1873) [ read | download ]
- Phineas Redux (1874) [ read | download ]
- The Prime Minister (1876) [ read | download ]
- The Duke's Children (1879) [ read | download ]
Other Fiction
- The Macdermots of Ballycloran (1847)
- The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848) [ read | download ]
- La Vendée (1850) [ read | download ]
- The Three Clerks (1858) [ read | download ]
- The Bertrams (1859)
- Castle Richmond (1860) [ read | download ]
- Orley Farm (1862)
- Rachel Ray (1863) [ read | download ]
- Miss Mackenzie (1865)
- Hunting Sketches (1865) [ read | download ]
- The Belton Estate (1866) [ read | download ]
- The gentle Euphemia (1866)
- Nina Balatka (1867) [ read | download ]
- The Claverings (1867) [ read | download ]
- Linda Tressel (1868)
- He Knew He Was Right (1869) [ read | download ]
- Brown, Jones, and Robinson (1870)
- The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870)
- An Editor's Tales (1870)
- Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871)
- Ralph the Heir (1871)
- The Golden Lion of Granpere (1872) [ read | download ]
- Harry Heathcote of Gangoil (1874) [ read | download ]
- Lady Anna (1874) [ read | download ]
- The Way We Live Now (1875) [ read | download ]
- The American Senator (1877) [ read | download ]
- Is He Popenjoy? (1878)
- John Caldigate (1879) [ read | download ]
- An Eye for an Eye (1879)
- Cousin Henry (1879)
- Ayala's Angel (1881) [ read | download ]
- Doctor Wortle's School (1881) [ read | download ]
- The Fixed Period (1882)
- Kept in the Dark (1882)
- Marion Fay (1882)
- Mr. Scarborough's Family (1883)
Short Stories
- Tales of All Countries (1861-1863) [ read | download ]
- 1st Series (1861): La Mere Bauche — The O'Conors of Castle Conor — John Bull on the Guadalquivir — Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica — The Courtship of Susan Bell — Relics of General Chasse — An Unprotected Female — Chateau of Prince Polignac
- 2nd Series (1863): Aaron Trow — Mrs. General Talboys — The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne — George Walker at Suez — The Mistletoe Bough — Returning Home — A Ride across Palestine — The House of Heine Brothers — The Man who kept his money in a box
- Lotta Schmidt, and other stories (1867)
("Tales of All Countries", 3rd series)
stories reprinted from the Argosy - Frau Frohmann and other Stories (1882)
Travel
- The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1859)
- North America (1862) [ read | download ]
- Travelling Sketches (1866)
- Australia and New Zealand (1873)
- South Africa (1878)
Other Non-Fiction
- Clergymen of the Church of England (1866)
- Caesar (1870)
- Thackeray (1879)
- Life of Cicero (1880) [ from Project Gutenberg ]
- London Tradesmen
- Lord Palmerston (1882)
