How Anthony Trollope Spent Christmas 14 December 2021 According to biographer Victoria Glendinning, Anthony Trollope not only did not like the celebration itself, but would go to bed on Christmas Eve pretending to be sick. Read more
The Life and Work of Anthony Trollope ~ Podcast 27 September 2021 New York-based writer, traveler, and history buff, Jonathan Russo welcomes Dominic Edwardes, Chair of the Trollope Society, to discuss the uncanny similarities between Trollope's writings and today's financial world. Read more
Trollope in the Oxford World’s Classics Series 5 September 2021 Stephen Butler is an Antiquarian Book & Manuscript dealer who will sell any book in his vicinity with the exception of his own collection of Trollope in The World’s Classics. Read more
Malachi’s Cove 9 August 2021 Those accustomed to think of Trollope writing of British middle and upper class people in drawing rooms are in for a surprise when they read Trollope’s short story masterpiece, “Malachi’s Cove.” Read more
The Way We Live Now ~ Chapters 43-56 25 May 2021 Faced with a thicket of plotlines, I'm going to take three paths through them: firstly, Felix and his entanglements with Ruby and Marie; then Melmotte's election campaign and money matters; and saving the best till last, Paul and Mrs Hurtle. Read more
The Way We Live Now ~ Chapters 29-42 10 May 2021 In Chapters 29-42, the themes of greed and love prevail, with healthy servings of duplicity, snobbery, despair, neglect, domestic violence, and fraud. Read more
On Rereading Doctor Thorne Half a Century Later 17 March 2021 Dr Ellen Moody’s introduction to the final ten chapters of Doctor Thorne, given at the Zoom BIG READ on 15th March 2021. Read more
Austen, Dickens, & Co: The Birth, Life, and Adventures of the Nineteenth-Century Novel 8 March 2021 Dr Anna Beer writes about the task she took on, after her husband's death, in bringing to publication the book he was working on when he died. Dr Beer has also kindly donated a copy of Austen, Dickens & Co. for a Prize Draw. Read more
Barchester Musings – Notes on Dr Arabin 3 January 2021 I have read Barchester Towers five times and have promptly forgotten the details each time. I am left with only a sense of easy reading and good construction. I am... Read more
Alliance of Literary Societies Newsletter 6 September 2020 The Trollope Society is a member of the Alliance of Literary Societies, the umbrella organisation for literary societies and groups in the UK. We are delighted to share the ALS... Read more