Rachel Ray

Monday 26th January 2026 at 8pm (UK)

Join the Big Read for the concluding talk on Rachel Ray, offering an overview of the novel, followed by discussion and an opportunity to share your own final thoughts. All welcome.

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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 Trollope Society Christmas Quiz 2025

Test your knowledge of Anthony Trollope’s life and works, literature, and festive traditions in our Christmas Quiz. Open until 27th January 2026, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the season and...

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How many a miserable father reviles with bitterness of spirit the low tastes of his son, who has done nothing to provide his child with higher pleasures!

Doctor Thorne

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We are often told in our newspapers that England is disgraced by this and by that; by the unreadiness of our army, by the unfitness of our navy, by the irrationality of our laws, by the immobility of our prejudices, and what not; but the real disgrace of England is the railway sandwich, that whited sepulchre, fair enough outside, but so meagre, poor, and spiritless within

He Knew He Was Right