Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
Novelist, son of Thomas Anthony, a barrister, and Frances Trollope, a well-known writer, was born in London. His childhood was a kind of an unhappy one, mostly due to his father’s misfortunes. After a short time in Belgium, he obtained an appointment in the Post Office, in which he gained a responsible position. His first three novels had little success; but in 1855 he found his line, and with The Warden produced the first of his Barsetshire series. The other novels are Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858), Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House at Allington (1864), and The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867), which deal with life and love in a small cathedral city. Other novels are Orley Farm, Can you forgive Her? Ralph the Heir, The Claverings, Phineas Finn, He knew he was Right, and The Golden Lion of Grandpré. Trollope have proved to be a very prolific author (50 literary works) and wrote also books about the West Indies, North America, Australia, and South Africa, a translation of Cæsar, and monographs on Cicero and Thackeray.
His novels are light in touch, pleasant, amusing, and thoroughly healthy. He had a partucular eye for eccentric types and individuals, yet he lacked profound insight and understanding of deepest human passions. However, he had the merit of providing a whole generation with light amusement, thus enjoying a great deal of popularity. He is said to have received £70,000 for his writings.
From Biographical Dictionary of English Literature - the Everyman Edition of 1910

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