Anthony Trollope

**Eric** · 30-Jun-2012, 08:52

I'm glad we've got at least one Trollopian here, Sirena. I'm still at the same level as Hamlet in that I've always wanted to tackle the Barsetshire Chronicles, one after another, as I did with the twelve Anthony Powell books once, but I've somehow not revved up enough to start and have plenty of other literary things to occupy my mind, being a literary translator. But as a translator, it is important to read good literature in the language you translate into, British English in my case. So one day I will pick up "The Warden" and read it cover to cover. Whether I will ever read all 47 of his novels is doubtful, but I did enjoy his autobiography, over half of which I have read, for its clear style. I believe Trollope also sorted out the Irish Post Office, when he wasn't writing novels, and seems to have travelled widely.

**Hemmo** · 02-Jul-2012, 22:50

Originally Posted by Liam

Revolutionaries are nearly always bad, look at history,

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Yeah - the American Revolution proves that right...much better before.

**Eric** · 04-Jul-2012, 11:22

Even though today is July 4th, let's leave the Yanks out of this, and focus on the man who got the postal service of Ireland up to scratch but still managed to write an astounding number of novels, most of which I have hardly ever heard mentioned. His two big suites are the Barsetshire Chrionicles, and the Pallisers, the latter being a series of six novels. Here's the Wikipedia article on the Pallisers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser_novels

I believe that one or two present-day British politicians swear by Trollope.

**Eric** · 22-Jul-2012, 14:58

Has anyone here read "The Way We Live Now"?

**sirena** · 23-Jul-2012, 18:22

Originally Posted by Eric

Has anyone here read "The Way We Live Now"?

I have. And it's very good.

**Eric** · 23-Jul-2012, 20:48

Good. You encourage me, Sirena.

**Cleanthess** · 06-Dec-2012, 18:56

Can hardly believe that as of today, December 6, it's already been 130 years since the death of Trollope. His novels The Warden (1855) , Barchester Towers (1857), Can You Forgive Her? (1865) and The Way We Live Now (1875) are all seen as classics nowadays. His concern with money is particularly well-suited with our money obsessed times, where the most crass 19th. Century sort of capitalism is making a comeback and where a split of society into moneyed masters and servants can not be too far away now.

I once knew a girl who wanted to form a reader's circle called 'The Fallopian Trollopians', and yet for some reason she never could find other women to join her group...

**Hamlet** · 06-Dec-2012, 20:04

I've still got my first Trollope sitting here in a reading pile, but I will get around to it, soon...

**Stevie B** · 06-Dec-2012, 20:53

Originally Posted by Cleanthess

I once knew a girl who wanted to form a reader's circle called 'The Fallopian Trollopians', and yet for some reason she never could find other women to join her group...

Some might argue that Trollope is a bit passé nowadays. Perhaps your friend would have better luck reading books like Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid's Tale, and Nineteen Eighty-Four and calling her group the 'Fallopian Dystopians'.