Linda Tressel (1868) by Anthony Trollope was originally published anonymously, and was an attempt at a stylistic and thematic departure for the author. However, the voice of Trollope was unmistakable in this much more somber work, and the true authorship was ultimately unveiled. The heroine, Linda Tressel, is pressured by her religious zealot aunt to marry an unpleasant man she finds repulsive. The story unfolds in some caricature and melodrama, yet...

Written during Victorian times by a British, so Trollop makes comparisons to the British system of the time. Cicero was a great orator and philosopher, added to Latin new words. This book is about his life, not the letters that he is famous. Influenced by Greeks, educated in Greece, showed his intellect at a young age by translating Greek philosophy. As a barrister was very clever and interesting approaches to winning.

Anthony Trollope's classic tale of frontier rivalry in the wilds of the Australian bush.

This quick read by Anthony Trollope paints a quaint and humorous picture of fox hunting in rural Victorian England. It's a relatively short look at the cast of characters in a traditional fox hunt.

This memoir by Trollope, written between November 1881 and February 1882, the last year of the author's life, offers the modern reader a vivid impression of Palmerston's character and career. Fascinatingly the man is revealed as possessing most of the characteristics of a typical Trollope character from the author's novels: indeed Plantaganet Palliser had already been given many of Palmerston's attributes, particularly his stubbornness, his doggedness,...

Le Docteur Thorne, qui a valu à Anthony Trollope son plus grand succès, constitue (en 1858) l'une des premières apparitions dans le roman anglais du personnage du médecin, appelé à un bel avenir littéraire. Les rapports entre le mariage et l'argent, dans une société inégalitaire mais mobile, sont au cœur d'une intrigue attachante. Le docteur Thorne, célibataire endurci, a recueilli chez lui sa nièce Mary, orpheline, qui est devenue une...

The first novel of Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, this work introduces the fictional cathedral town of Barchester and many of its clerical inhabitants. Originally published in 1855, the story centers on Mr. Septimus Harding who has been granted the comfortable wardenship of Hiram's Hospital, an almshouse from a medieval charity of the diocese. Mr. Harding, a fundamentally good man and an excellent musician, conscientiously fulfills his...