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
Barsetshire Pilgrimage (You’ll need a map!) 28 August 2020 The Society is delighted to have finally created what we hope will be the most accurate and definitive version of ‘The Beloved County’ to date. Available to purchase from 1st September, 2020. Read more
The Wooden Legged Postman: Anthony Trollope, disability, and the rural postman 29 April 2020 This article was first published on Addressing Health on 24th April 2020. Today would have been Anthony Trollope’s 205th birthday. As Trollope ranks amongst some of the most famous literary figures... Read more
Join our worldwide Online Conversazione 13 April 2020 People across the world are looking to loose themselves in a long read. Stuck at home in a prolonged lock-down many of us are finding that reading provides a welcome... Read more
A Trollopian Mystery 4 March 2020 Callalay Castle and the inspiration for Trollope's novel The Claverings Read more
St John Henry Newman and Anthony Trollope 6 November 2019 Anthony Trollope never ceases to astonish me - surely he must be the only popular novelist who counts a saint among his world-wide fan club of Trollopians. Read more