John Bull on the Guadalquivir

by Anthony Trollope

from "Tales from all Countries"

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Classics

26 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 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

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was frustrated by the stupidity of a traveling Englishman, but as I understand that it's irritatingly common for travelers of any country to be so ignorant and as I cannot guarantee I would not also be so dumb, I thought it was a very enlightening story. And, of course, considering the author, very well written!

[Allan Brewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another story in first person! Actually, I think this story has very cridible nuanced insight into the emotions of the protagonist. But it did end rather suddenly without sufficient explanatory denouement.