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Anthony Trollope

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

April 24, 1815

Died

December 06, 1882

Genre

Fiction, Travel, History

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Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.

Trollope has always been a popular novelist. Noted fans have included Sir Alec Guinness (who never travelled without a Trollope novel), former British Prime Ministers Harold Macmillan and Sir John Major, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, American novelists Sue Grafton and Dominick Dunne and soap opera writer Harding Lemay. Trollope's literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, b ...more

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Anthony Trollope’s books

Average rating: 3.96 · 134,920 ratings · 13,473 reviews · 1,876 distinct works • Similar authors

	Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 16,931 ratings — published 1857 — 1464 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 17,417 ratings — published 1855 — 1060 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way We Live Now 4.09 avg rating — 13,515 ratings — published 1875 — 554 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3) by Anthony Trollope, Ruth Rendell (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7,825 ratings — published 1858 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1) by Anthony Trollope, Stephen Wall (Introduction) 3.99 avg rating — 7,942 ratings — published 1865 — 487 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 7,269 ratings — published 1869 — 476 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6) by Anthony Trollope, Sophie Gilmartin (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 6,159 ratings — published 1867 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope, John Sutherland (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 5,999 ratings — published 1869 — 307 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #5) by Anthony Trollope, Julian F. Thompson (Introduction) 4.05 avg rating — 5,408 ratings — published 1864 — 566 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3) by Anthony Trollope, Stephen Gill, John Sutherland (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 4,918 ratings — published 1873 — 433 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Anthony Trollope

Chronicles of Barsetshire (6 books)
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Anthony Trollope,

Sophie Gilmartin (Editor)

3.99 avg rating — 58,403 ratings

Palliser (6 books)
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Anthony Trollope,

Dinah Birch (Editor)

4.01 avg rating — 28,748 ratings

The Complete Short Stories of Anthony Trollope (5 books)
by

Anthony Trollope,

Marta Salís (Translator)

3.50 avg rating — 1,134 ratings

Quotes by Anthony Trollope (?)

“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”
― Anthony Trollope

tags: writing

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“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― Anthony Trollope, The Warden

686 likes

“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”
― Anthony Trollope

tags: book-lovers, reading

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Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope

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