The Relics of General Chasse

by Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his position in the British Post Office to run for Parliament as a Liberal candidate in 1868. After he lost, he concentrated entirely on his literary career. While continuing to produce novels rapidly, he also edited the St Paul's Magazine, which published several of his novels in serial form. His first major success came with The Warden (1855) - the first of six novels set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. The comic masterpiece Barchester Towers (1857) has probably become the best-known of these. Trollope's popularity and critical success diminished in his later years, but he continued to write prolifically, and some of his later novels have acquired a good reputation. In particular, critics generally acknowledge the sweeping satire The Way We Live Now (1875) as his masterpiece. In all, Trollope wrote forty-seven novels, as well as dozens of short stories and a few books on travel.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics

48 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1860

About the author

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, but he regained the esteem of critics by the mid-twentieth century.
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Reviews

[Allan Brewer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely written, but I'm not sure 19th Century humour translates very well into the present day.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a silly, fun story! Right up there with Trollope's Christmas story Christmas at Thompson Hall.😆

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically a humorous anecdote set in Antwerp: An orotund clergyman visits the former headquarters of the unsuccessful Dutch defender of Antwerp. He tries on the General's britches, but is interrupted by a noisy gaggle of British women. He hides himself, minus pants, and is shocked to see the women cut up his elegant black britches (thinking they belonged to the General) for their own sewing projects.