Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope is a new website which aims to introduce readers to Trollope, a website for an author as relevant to the modern day as to the Victorian reader.
A new website for everyone who enjoys Trollope
Trollope wrote to entertain, and throughout his 47 novels humour is never far away. His books are full of some of English Literature’s most amusing and endearing characters. Trollope’s genuine understanding of human motivations make his characters appear so real that readers come to know them as true friends as they play out their lives on the pages before us. Once introduced to Trollope, it’s hard not to become an enthusiast! Mrs Gaskell, the contemporary author of Trollope said ‘I wish Mr Trollope would continue writing Framley Parsonage forever’, and readers today will feel the same.
Anthony Trollope is a new website which aims to introduce readers to Trollope, a website for an author as relevant to the modern day as to the Victorian reader. The site includes descriptions of Trollope’s novels, his characters and the geography of his imaginary county, Barsetshire, as well as competitions, polls and an insight in this most unusual of men.
Our mission at Anthony Trollope is simple: to encourage visitors to pick up that first Trollope novel and discover the delights of one of Britain’s most enjoyable writers.
The books
Books database
Trollope’s writing is at the heart of Anthony Trollope. Many of Trollope's 47 novels are available to download free as e-texts. Full details of all the plots, characters, places; even of the pubs, hotels and newspapers that Trollope created are linked together in the Books database. Using the related content links, visitors can see at glance all of the characters in a novel, or all the novels featuring a character, or all the illustrations featuring a characters, or even set in a particular location.
Themes
Many of the popular themes in Trollope have been explored in detail in The Trollope Society's magazine, Trollopiana. Many of these are available in full on Anthony Trollope, giving visitors a real insight in to Trollope, his writing and his world.
Money
Money plays a central part in Trollope's writing. He and his characters are accutely aware of people's incomes - to help make sense of the figures quoted use our Currency Converter to find out modern value of the figures Trollope quotes.
Quotes
Throughout the site, on every page Trollope's voice is present in the form of a quote. Humourous, insightful, comic or tragic, there is a Trollope quote for almost every occasion. You can see the complete library, divided in to topics, and submit your own favourite quote to appear on the site.
Take part
Events
Seminar Groups, visits, dinners, online reading groups ... There's always alot going on in the world of Trollope, whether arranged by The Trollope Society or other enthusiasts, we aim to provide information on all events.
Postcards
Visitors can send email postcards featuring the new contemporary illustrations, details of original illustrations and favourite quotes for every occasion.
Competitions
Competitions will be a regular feature of the site, with give-aways of books prior to reading groups starting.
Quotes and newsletter
Visitors will be able to subscribe to receive a regular weekly quote, or an email bulletin, The Fortnightly. Trollope was himself the editor of The Fortnightly Review, which was in fact published monthly.
TV and Radio
Both The Pallisers and The Barchester Chronicles have been produced for TV and radio, as well as the powerful TV adaption of The Way We Live Now, and the tragic He Knew He Was Right. Find out details of the productions and full listings of the casts.
About Trollope
Did you know?
Trollope was a fascinating man, with boundless energy and capacity for work, he was driven to write. Find out some interesting details about Trollope and his writing.
Writing
It was not until Trollope was in his 30's and settled in Ireland that he began to write, first about Ireland and later about England, and the world.
Post Office
Trollope career at The Post Office got off to a shaky start, but he went on to become a senior civil servant and travelled across the world on Post Office business.
Youth
Trollope had an unhappy childhood. His father was a failing barrister, his mother was forced to write to support the family. It was during his unhappy schooldays that Trollope began the habit of creating characters and making them live in his imagination.
Travels
Like his mother, Trollope was a tireless traveller. He was one of the most extensivley travelled men of his day, he visited Europe, Africa, The Middle East, Australia, The West Indies, South America, The United States, Canada - and wherever he went, he wrote.
