Anthony Trollope: A Victorian in His World

by Richard Mullen

Mullen's biography of Trollope (1815-1882) quotes widely from the whole range of Trollope's writing to show how personal details of Trollope's life recur constantly in his work, and how both reveal the author to have been the ideal man of his age, an embodiment of the "Victorian values" that he illustrated in his books. First published in 1990 ( Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd.). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Nonfiction

767 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only seven other people on Goodreads have read this book - the least popular book I read in 2017. All of those other readers gave this book 4 or 5 stars - making it also the highest rated book I read this year. (4.56 - my four stars brought the average down.)

Almost as good as (and as long as) one of his novels.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as when I finished his autobiography, my eyes were filled with tears when I read the last words of this wonderful book about an extraordinary man. I miss him.

[Jack Coleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall an extraordinary incite into one of the Best minds of the Victorian area.
He was a racist and fox hunter , eeeew very Victorian.
Instrumental in Developing changes to a world class Postal system .
A early proponent of the "Copy write " Americans were the Victorian Chinese in violating intellectual property.
Very many incites to the way History evolved during Victorian times as reflected in the accounts of a very active world traveler.