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Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected novelists of the Victorian era.

His perceptive novels remain relevant today, and his reputation continues to grow with each passing year.

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The BIG READ 2026 ~ Full Schedule Announced

Since the BIG READ began in 2020, we’ve welcomed more than 14,000 attendances, and we’re hugely grateful to everyone who has taken part in this wonderful programme. The Trollope Society’s BIG...

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A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give. It should be good-humoured; witty it may be, but with a gentle diluted wit. Concocted brilliancy will spoil it altogether. Not long so that it be tedious in the reading; nor brief, so that the delight suffice not to make itself felt.

The Bertrams

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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing.

The Small House at Allington