Tales of All Countries – BIG READ

John Bull on the Guadalquivir

On Monday 20th May join Trollope enthusiasts from across the world discuss John Bull on the Guadalquivir from Tales of All Countries, as we read it together on Zoom.

Discover Anthony Trollope’s comic tale, John Bull on the Guadalquivir. Follow the adventures of John Bull as he navigates his way along the Guadalquivir River in Andalucia, Spain. Lose yourself in Trollope’s vivid storytelling and witty narrative. It’s a chance to immerse yourself in a classic story that will transport you to another time and place.

John Bull on the Guadalquivir published in Tales of All Countries [First Series], 1861. Originally published in Cassell’s Illustrated Family Paper, Nov. 17, 24, 1860.

I need say but little to my readers respecting that far-famed river. Thirty years ago we in England generally believed that on its banks was to be found a pure elysium of pastoral beauty; that picturesque shepherds and lovely maidens here fed their flocks in fields of asphodel; that the limpid stream ran cool and crystal over bright stones and beneath perennial shade; and that everything on the Guadalquivir was as lovely and as poetical as its name.

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  • 20 May 2024 – John Bull on the Guadalquivir from Tales of All Countries, Series One
  • 3 June 2024 – Is He Popenjoy?, Chapters 1-13
  • 17 June 2024 – Is He Popenjoy?, Chapters 14-26
  • 1 July 2024 – Is He Popenjoy?, Chapters 27-39
  • 15 July 2024 – Is He Popenjoy?, Chapters 40-52
  • 29 July 2024 – Is He Popenjoy?, Chapters 53-64
  • 12 August 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 1-12
  • 26 August 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 13-24
  • 9 September 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 25-35
  • 23 September 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 36-46
  • 7 October 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 47-57
  • 21 October 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 58-68
  • 4 November 2024 – The Duke’s Children, Chapters 69-80
  • 18 November 2024 – An Autobiography, Chapters 1-10
  • 2 December 2024 – An Autobiography, Chapters 11-20
  • 16 December 2024 – Christmas Stories, Story tbc

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