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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: 3.97 · 144,636 ratings · 15,093 reviews · 2,497 distinct works • Similar authors

	Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 17,833 ratings — published 1857 — 8 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) 3.76 avg rating — 18,824 ratings — published 1855 — 586 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 — 14,211 ratings — published 1875 — 212 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) 4.15 avg rating — 8,483 ratings — published 1858 — 6 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 — 8,389 ratings — published 1865 — 121 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 — 7,567 ratings — published 1869 — 413 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) 4.20 avg rating — 6,452 ratings — published 1867 — 3 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 — 6,074 ratings — published 1869 — 328 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) 4.06 avg rating — 5,756 ratings — published 1864 — 114 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) 3.96 avg rating — 5,213 ratings — published 1873 — 368 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 — 62,377 ratings

Palliser (6 books)
by

Anthony Trollope,

Dinah Birch (Editor)

4.02 avg rating — 30,342 ratings

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

Anthony Trollope,

Marta Salís (Translator)

3.52 avg rating — 1,390 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

847 likes

“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

696 likes

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

tags: book-lovers, reading

558 likes

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Polls

April 2020 Old School Poll

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445pages

90 votes, 27.3%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages

64 votes, 19.4%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages

53 votes, 16.1%

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages

40 votes, 12.1%

Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 1891, 368 pages

33 votes, 10.0%

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 1857, 418 pages

27 votes, 8.2%

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 1896, 224 pages

23 votes, 7.0%

330 total votes

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