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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 · 142,757 ratings · 14,769 reviews · 2,289 distinct works • Similar authors

	Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 17,641 ratings — published 1857 — 1463 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 — 18,538 ratings — published 1855 — 1131 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 — 14,067 ratings — published 1875 — 568 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 — 8,367 ratings — published 1858 — 777 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 — 8,318 ratings — published 1865 — 492 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 — 7,514 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 — 6,391 ratings — published 1867 — 472 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 — 6,053 ratings — published 1869 — 330 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 — 5,685 ratings — published 1864 — 561 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 — 5,159 ratings — published 1873 — 80 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 — 61,580 ratings

Palliser (6 books)
by

Anthony Trollope,

Dinah Birch (Editor)

4.02 avg rating — 30,068 ratings

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

Anthony Trollope,

Marta Salís (Translator)

3.52 avg rating — 1,341 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

850 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

698 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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August 2022 Old School Classics

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, 1766, 197 pp

40 votes, 21.6%

Tartuffe by Molière, 1664, 180pp

32 votes, 17.3%

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, 1857, 418pp

25 votes, 13.5%

The Odd Women by George Gissing, 1893, 452pp

23 votes, 12.4%

Germinal by Émile Zola, 1885, 592 pp

20 votes, 10.8%

The Essays: A Selection by Michel de Montaigne, 1580, 480pp

16 votes, 8.6%

A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne, 1768, 170pp

15 votes, 8.1%

Indiana by George Sand, 1832, 320pp

14 votes, 7.6%

185 total votes

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