Trollope
Anthony, 1815–82, English novelist.
Contemporary Examples
Trollope is almost alone in being the great bard of liberal democracy.
The Case for Trollope David Frum February 4, 2013
Historical Examples
We have seen no one but Mrs. Trollope and her pretty little girl Beatrice, who is a musical genius.
George Eliot’s Life, Vol. II (of 3) George Eliot
I have only a vague notion that it might have been one of Trollope’s political novels.
Some Reminiscences Joseph Conrad
Mrs. Trollope’s account of it may perhaps entertain the reader; therefore I have put it in the Appendix.
Life On The Mississippi, Part 8. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Trollope was sometimes inconsistent with names of people or places.
Ralph the Heir Anthony Trollope
Mr. Trollope’s novels will have a special value for the future student of English social life in the nineteenth century.
A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman
The artistic defect of Mr. Trollope is that he never does anything else.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV Various
With Trollope we weep, if it so happen we can, for a given shame or wrong.
Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
Mrs. Trollope has described it for us with very little exaggeration.
Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete Lyndon Orr
His characters do not lack style,—the Duke of Omnium is a very great person indeed,—but Trollope himself has none.
The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections A. Edward Newton
noun
Anthony. 1815–82, English novelist. His most successful novels, such as The Warden (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), and Dr Thorne (1858), are those in the Barsetshire series of studies of English provincial life. The Palliser series of political novels includes Phineas Redux (1874) and The Prime Minister (1876)
Joanna. born 1943, British novelist: her works include The Choir (1988), A Village Affair (1989), The Rector’s Wife (1991), The Best of Friends (1995), and The Girl From the South (2002)
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