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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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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Young men are pretty much the same everywhere, I guess. They never have their wits about them. They never mean what they say, because they don't understand the use of words. They are generally half impudent and half timid ... Indeed there is no such thing as a young man, for a man is not really a man till he is middle-aged.

The Duke's Children

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It was admitted by all her friends, and also by her enemies - who were in truth the more numerous and active body of the two - that Lizzie Greystock had done very well with herself.

The Eustace Diamonds