Completists' Club discussion

An author I'll be reading for the rest of my life, and have no hope of ever "completing," I hope!

Single novels

The Macdermots of Ballycloran (1847)
The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848)
La Vendée: An Historical Romance (1850)
The Three Clerks (1858)
The Bertrams (1859)
Castle Richmond (1860)
Orley Farm (1862)
The Struggles of Brown, Jones & Robinson (1862)
Rachel Ray (1863)
Miss Mackenzie (1865)
The Belton Estate (1866)
The Claverings (1867)
Nina Balatka (1867)
Linda Tressel (1868)
He Knew He Was Right (1869)
The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870)
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871)
Ralph the Heir (1871)
The Golden Lion of Granpère (1872)
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil (1874)
Lady Anna (1874)
The Way We Live Now (1875)
The American Senator (1877)
Is He Popenjoy? (1878)
John Caldigate (1879)
An Eye for an Eye (1879)
Cousin Henry (1879)
Ayala's Angel (1881)
Doctor Wortle's School (1881)
The Fixed Period (1882)
Kept in the Dark (1882)
Marion Fay (1882)
Mr. Scarborough's Family (1883)
The Landleaguers (1883)
An Old Man's Love (1884)


Chronicles of Barsetshire

The Warden (1855)
Barchester Towers (1857)
Doctor Thorne (1858)
Framley Parsonage (1861)
The Small House at Allington (1864)
The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)


Palliser novels

Can You Forgive Her? (1865)
Phineas Finn (1869)
The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
Phineas Redux (1874)
The Prime Minister (1876)
The Duke's Children (1880)


Short stories

Tales of All Countries--1st Series (1861)
Tales of All Countries--2nd Series (1863)
"Gentle Euphemia" (1866)
"Katchen's Caprices" (1866)
Lotta Schmidt & Other Stories (1867)
An Editor's Tales (1870)
"Christmas at Kirkby Cottage" (1870)
"Never, Never -- Never, Never" (1875)
"Catherine Carmichael" (1878)
Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and other Stories (1882)
The Two Heroines of Plumpington (1882)
"Not If I Know It"


Non-fiction

The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1859)
North America (1862)
Hunting Sketches (1865)
Travelling Sketches (1866)
Clergymen of the Church of England (1866)
On English Prose Fiction as a Rational Amusement (1869)
The Commentaries of Caesar (1870)
Australia and New Zealand (1873)
New South Wales & Queensland (1874)
South Africa (1878)
How the 'Mastiffs' Went to Iceland (1878)
Iceland (1878)
Thackeray (1879)
Life of Cicero (1880)
Lord Palmerston (1882)
An Autobiography (1883)
London Tradesmen (1927)
The New Zealander (1972)


Plays

Did He Steal It? (1869)
The Noble Jilt (1923)

Yeah ... I have the modest hope of completing the Pallisers. I think that will be enough Trollope for me.

I've enjoyed the Trollope I've read (all the Barsetshire novels), and will probably read some of his others in due course, but I don't think I'd want to be a Trollope completist.

New to this forum.
I am currently in the process of reading Anthony Trollope's works in chronological order, but haven't got very far yet, so far I've read
The Macdermots of Ballycloran
The Kellys and the O'Kellys
La Vendee
The Warden
The New Zealandar
Barchester Towers
and am just about to start The Three Clerks
I have most of Trollope's works (except the plays)
Recently found Ayala's Angel at a book fair, which just leaves in novels Is He Popenjoy? and the Fixed Period and in non-fiction How the Mastiffs Went to Iceland and London Tradesmen.

Patty wrote: "An author I'll be reading for the rest of my life, and have no hope of ever "completing," I hope!"

Fortunately, Trollope wrote enough that completing is a very remote possibility, certainly not a probability. My first was The Way We Live Now, when I couldn't turn the pages quickly enough, and was hooked. (OK, so I was reading on my Kindle ...)

I have completed his Barsetshire Chronicles, started the Palliser (The Eustace Diamonds next - next month?).

David wrote: "New to this forum.
I am currently in the process of reading Anthony Trollope's works in chronological order, but haven't got very far yet, so far I've read
The Macdermots of Ballycloran
The Kellys ..."

What made you decide to read chronologically? Just curious!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Patty wrote: "An author I'll be reading for the rest of my life, and have no hope of ever "completing," I hope!"

Fortunately, Trollope wrote enough that completing is a very remote possibility, ce..."

I think you are the first person I've ever known to refer to Trollope as a page turner! :D

David wrote: "New to this forum.
I am currently in the process of reading Anthony Trollope's works in chronological order, but haven't got very far yet, so far I've read
The Macdermots of Ballycloran
The Kellys ..."

I purchased for my Kindle Complete Works of Anthony Trollope, a collection from Delphi. I don't know if it is available for other devices, but I would expect so. It has those missing titles you're seeking.

Trollope at his best ( in the Palliser novels) is definitely a page-turner. But he wrote a lot...and not of his novels are at that standard.

Patty wrote: "What made you decide to read chronologically? Just curious! "

When reading all of an author's output, I like to read it in chronological order, so I can trace
the author's development (or in some cases deterioration). It's just one of my little foibles.

David wrote: "Patty wrote: "What made you decide to read chronologically? Just curious! "

When reading all of an author's output, I like to read it in chronological order, so I can trace
the author's developmen..."

Does this mean you start every author with the first book they wrote?

No, I concentrate on one major project at a time,
but I intersperse it with other reading.
It's only the major projects I read chronologically.

I have created a group for discussing all things Trollope - all are welcome.

Exploring Anthony Trollope

I reckon the 'Trollope canon' consists of the Palliser novels, the Barsetshire novels, Orley Farm (which I'm reading at the moment and really enjoying) and The Way We Live Now. That seems like a more achievable aim for those of use who expect to die one day.

Single novels

The Macdermots of Ballycloran (1847)
The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848)
La Vendée: An Historical Romance (1850)
The Three Clerks (1858)
The Bertrams (1859)
Castle Richmond (1860)
Orley Farm (1862)
The Struggles of Brown, Jones & Robinson (1862)
Rachel Ray (1863)
Miss Mackenzie (1865)
The Belton Estate (1866)
The Claverings (1867)
Nina Balatka (1867)
Linda Tressel (1868)
He Knew He Was Right (1869)
The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870)
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871)
Ralph the Heir (1871)
The Golden Lion of Granpère (1872)
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil (1874)
Lady Anna (1874)
The Way We Live Now (1875)
The American Senator (1877)
Is He Popenjoy? (1878)
John Caldigate (1879)
An Eye for an Eye (1879)
Cousin Henry (1879)
Ayala's Angel (1881)
Doctor Wortle's School (1881)
The Fixed Period (1882)
Kept in the Dark (1882)
Marion Fay (1882)
Mr. Scarborough's Family (1883)
The Landleaguers (1883)
An Old Man's Love (1884)


Chronicles of Barsetshire

✔The Warden (1855)
✔Barchester Towers (1857)
✔Doctor Thorne (1858)
✔Framley Parsonage (1861)
✔The Small House at Allington (1864)-6/3/20
✔The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)-10/29/21


Palliser novels

✔ Can You Forgive Her? (1865)
✔ Phineas Finn (1869)- 8/15/25
The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
Phineas Redux (1874)
The Prime Minister (1876)
The Duke's Children (1880)


Short stories

Tales of All Countries--1st Series (1861)
Tales of All Countries--2nd Series (1863)
"Gentle Euphemia" (1866)
"Katchen's Caprices" (1866)
Lotta Schmidt & Other Stories (1867)
An Editor's Tales (1870)
"Christmas at Kirkby Cottage" (1870)
"Never, Never -- Never, Never" (1875)
"Catherine Carmichael" (1878)
Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and other Stories (1882)
The Two Heroines of Plumpington (1882)
"Not If I Know It"


Non-fiction

The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1859)
North America (1862)
Hunting Sketches (1865)
Travelling Sketches (1866)
Clergymen of the Church of England (1866)
On English Prose Fiction as a Rational Amusement (1869)
The Commentaries of Caesar (1870)
Australia and New Zealand (1873)
New South Wales & Queensland (1874)
South Africa (1878)
How the 'Mastiffs' Went to Iceland (1878)
Iceland (1878)
Thackeray (1879)
Life of Cicero (1880)
Lord Palmerston (1882)
An Autobiography (1883)
London Tradesmen (1927)
The New Zealander (1972)


Plays

Did He Steal It? (1869)
The Noble Jilt (1923)

Current Status (10 novels remaining as of 11 Jul 2018)

Single novels

✔The Macdermots of Ballycloran (1847)
The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848)
✔La Vendée: An Historical Romance (1850)
✔The Three Clerks (1858)
✔The Bertrams (1859)
✔Castle Richmond (1860)
✔Orley Farm (1862)
The Struggles of Brown, Jones & Robinson (1862)
✔Rachel Ray (1863)
✔Miss Mackenzie (1865)
✔The Belton Estate (1866)
The Claverings (1867)
✔Nina Balatka (1867)
✔Linda Tressel (1868)
✔He Knew He Was Right (1869)
✔The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870)
✔Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871)
✔Ralph the Heir (1871)
✔The Golden Lion of Granpère (1872)
✔Harry Heathcote of Gangoil (1874)
Lady Anna (1874)
✔The Way We Live Now (1875)
The American Senator (1877)
✔Is He Popenjoy? (1878)
John Caldigate (1879)
✔An Eye for an Eye (1879)
✔Cousin Henry (1879)
Ayala's Angel (1881)
✔Doctor Wortle's School (1881)
The Fixed Period (1882)
Kept in the Dark (1882)
✔Marion Fay (1882)
✔Mr. Scarborough's Family (1883)
The Landleaguers (1883)
✔An Old Man's Love (1884)


Chronicles of Barsetshire

✔The Warden (1855)
✔Barchester Towers (1857)
✔Doctor Thorne (1858)
✔Framley Parsonage (1861)
✔The Small House at Allington (1864)
✔The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)


Palliser novels

✔Can You Forgive Her? (1865)
✔Phineas Finn (1869)
✔The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
✔Phineas Redux (1874)
✔The Prime Minister (1876)
✔The Duke's Children (1880)


Short stories

Tales of All Countries--1st Series (1861)
Tales of All Countries--2nd Series (1863)
"Gentle Euphemia" (1866)
"Katchen's Caprices" (1866)
✔Lotta Schmidt & Other Stories (1867)
An Editor's Tales (1870)
"Christmas at Kirkby Cottage" (1870)
"Never, Never -- Never, Never" (1875)
"Catherine Carmichael" (1878)
Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and other Stories (1882)
The Two Heroines of Plumpington (1882)
"Not If I Know It"


Non-fiction

The West Indies and the Spanish Main (1859)
North America (1862)
Hunting Sketches (1865)
Travelling Sketches (1866)
Clergymen of the Church of England (1866)
On English Prose Fiction as a Rational Amusement (1869)
The Commentaries of Caesar (1870)
Australia and New Zealand (1873)
New South Wales & Queensland (1874)
South Africa (1878)
How the 'Mastiffs' Went to Iceland (1878)
Iceland (1878)
Thackeray (1879)
Life of Cicero (1880)
Lord Palmerston (1882)
✔An Autobiography (1883)
London Tradesmen (1927)
The New Zealander (1972)


Plays

Did He Steal It? (1869)
The Noble Jilt (1923)