TROLLOPE ANTHONY

Ο ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ
Ο TROLLOPE (1815-1882), βαθιά πολιτικός συγγραφέας, με καυστικό και πανέξυπνο χιούμορ, διατυπώνει στον "Επίτροπο" (1855, πρώτο έργο της σειράς "Τα Χρονικά του Μπάρτσεστερ), επιτακτικά, επίκαιρα κοινωνικά ερωτήματα. Εκκλησιαστικά σκάνδαλα, φιλοδοξίες, κίτρινα δημοσιεύματα εγείρουν ζητήματα ατομικής ηθικής μέσα σ' ένα διεφθαρμένο σύστημα. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)...
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ΟΙ ΠΥΡΓΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΜΠΑΡΤΣΕΣΤΕΡ
Συνέχεια του "Επιτρόπου" αλλά και αυτόνομο έργο της σειράς "Τα Χρονικά του Μπάρτσεστερ" (1815-1882), οι "Πύργοι" ανατέμνουν φλέγοντα κοινωνικά ζητήματα με χιούμορ και πικρόχολα σχόλια. Φιλοδοξίες, ερωτικά παιχνίδια και διλήμματα συνθέτουν τον καμβά αυτού του έργου, ενός συγγραφέα που δεν δίστασε να κρίνει ακόμη και τον Ντίκενς. (Από την παρουσίαση στο οπισθόφυλλο του βιβλίου)...
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(P/B) THE AMERICAN SENATOR
Arabella Trefoil, the beautiful anti-heroine of this novel, inspired Trollope to write of her, "I wished to express the depth of my scorn for women who run down husbands." Arabella's determination to find a rich husband is at the heart of this story and her character, though often maligned, is one of Trollope's most famous and vivid creations. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS
Lizzie Eustace is young, beautiful, and widowed. Her determination to hold on to the Eustace family's diamond necklace in the face of legal harassment by her brother-in-law's solicitor entangles her in a series of crimes - apparent and real - and contrived love-affairs. Her cousin Frank, Tory MP and struggling barrister, loyally assists her, to the distress of his fiancee, Lucy Morris. A pompous Under-Secretary of State, an exploitative and acquisitive American and her unhappy niece, a shady radical peer, and a brutal aristocrat are only s...
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(P/B) BARCHESTER TOWERS
After the death of old Dr. Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the decision is finally made to appoint the evangelical Dr. Proudie, rather than the son of the old bishop, Archdeacon Grantly, resentment and suspicion threaten to cause deep divisions within the diocese. Trollope's masterly depiction of the plotting and back-stabbing that ensues lies at the heart of one of the most vivid and comic of his Barsetshire novels, peopled by such very different figures as the saintly Warden o...
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(P/B) THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is excerable and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy. But their money is far from revolting, and city society quickly makes allowances for the mysterious financier and his family. Soon hearts, minds and family savings are swept into the whirl of Augustus Melmotte's lavish parties and exciting investment plans - but is it all an elaborate swindle? (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) RACHEL RAY
This is Trollope's most detailed and concise study of middle-class life in a small provincial community - in this case Baslehurst, in the luscious Devon countryside. It is also a charming love-story, centring on sweet-natured Rachel Ray and her suitor Luke Rowan, whose battle to wrest control over Baslehurst's brewery involves a host of typically Trollopian local characters. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) ORLEY FARM
There was a power of endurance about her, and a courage that was almost awful. Did Lady Mason forge a codicil to her husband's will, allowing Orley Farm to pass to her son or not? Orley Farm centres on this case of forgery, and the anguish and guilt of Lady Mason. Surrounding this enigmatic woman and her apparent crime are her elderly lover, Sir Peregrine Orme; her principled but thoughtless son, Lucius; and, not least, a group of determined lawyers. Orley Farm contains the plot with which Trollope was most pleased. Drawing on family expe...
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(P/B) LADY ANNA
When it appeared in 1874, Lady Anna met with little success, and positively outraged the conservative - "This is the sort of thing the reading public will never stand... a man must be embittered by some violent present exasperation who can like such disruptions of social order as this." (Saturday Review) - although Trollope himself considered it "the best novel I ever wrote! Very much! Quite far away above all others!" This tightly constructed and passionate study of enforced marriage in the world of Radical politics and social inequality,...
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(P/B) COUSIN HENRY
Henry Jones, an unprepossessing London insurance clerk, knows that his uncle has disinherited him. The old man's will, made out at the last minute in favour of Henry's charming cousin Isabel Brodrick, lies neatly folded in a well-thumbed volume of sermons in his book-room; Henry saw him put it there before he died. Unfortunately nobody else knows where the will is, and Henry stands to lose everything by making the knowledge public. Cousin Henry, first published in 1879, is one of the most unusual and intriguing of Trollope's shorter novel...
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(P/B) THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON
'She had resolved to trust in everything, and, having so trusted, she would not provide for herself any possibility of retreat.' Lively and attractive, Lily Dale lives with her mother and sister at the Small House at Allington. She falls passionately in love with the urbane Adolphus Crosbie, and is devastated when he abandons her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina de Courcy. But Lily has another suitor, Johnny Eames, who has been devoted to her since boyhood. Perhaps she can find renewed happiness in Johnny's courtship? The Small House...
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(P/B) PHINEAS FINN
Phineas Finn, the handsome Irishman, is equally successful at scaling the political ladder and gaining the affection of influential women. As he makes his precarious way in parliament he discovers how far principles must be sacrificed to the common cause, and how essential money is to political progress. Set during the turbulent passage of the second Reform Act of 1867, the novel paints a vivid picture of the compromises and tactics of daily political life. Loss of independence is felt just as keenly by Lady Laura and Violet Effingham, who...
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(P/B) DOCTOR THORNE
Now adapted for ITV by Julian Fellowes, Doctor Thorne is the compelling story in which rank, wealth, and personal feeling are pitted against one another. The squire of Greshamsbury has fallen on hard times, and it is incumbent on his son Frank to make a good marriage. But Frank loves the doctor's niece, Mary Thorne, a girl with no money and mysterious parentage. He faces a terrible dilemma: should he save the estate, or marry the girl he loves? Mary, too, has to battle her feelings, knowing that marrying Frank would ruin his family and fl...
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(P/B) HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
Widely regarded as one of Trollope's most successful later novels,He Knew He Was Right is a study of marriage and of sexual relationships cast against a background of agitation for women's rights. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET
'All Hogglestock believed their parson to be innocent; but then all Hogglestock believed him to be mad.' Josiah Crawley lives with his family in the parish of Hogglestock, East Barsetshire, where he is perpetual curate. Impoverished like his parishioners, Crawley is hard-working and respected but he is an unhappy, disappointed man, ill-suited to cope when calamity strikes. He is accused of stealing a cheque to pay off his debts; too proud to defend himself, he risks ruin and disgrace unless the truth can be brought to light. Crawley's pre...
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(P/B) CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?
Alice Vavasor should be married to the sensible, kindly John Grey. But despite what her respectable relations might think, Alice cannot quite reconcile herself to this fate. Once upon a time she was engaged to her wild cousin George, and now he stands in need of her money and, perhaps too, her good influence. Meanwhile Alice's friend Lady Glencora has married the rising politician Plantagenet Palliser, but is still pursued by Burgo Fitzgerald, the handsome rascal she loves. In this hugely compelling novel, Trollope shows the two women stru...
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(P/B) AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
"I hated the office. I hated my work... the only career in life within my reach was that of an author." The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. He worked for the Post Office for many years and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. Best-known for t...
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(P/B) THE DUKE'S CHILDREN
The Duke of Omnium is overwhelmed by the death of his vivacious wife, Lady Glencora. Once the British Prime Minister, he is now in sole charge of his three wilful children. Lord Gerald has been sent down from University; Lord Silverbridge has defected from the Liberal cause of his father's party to the Conservative, and is badly in debt; Lady Mary has fallen in love with Frank Tregear, a commoner with a will of iron but no money. The Duke, troubled and without easy relationships with any of his children, tries to impose his own will. But t...
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(P/B) PHINEAS REDUX
After the death of his wife, the handsome politician Phineas Finn returns from Ireland to the parliamentary fray. In his absence the political and social world has subtly changed, parties and policies no longer fixed and advancement dependent upon scheming and alliances. His private life lays him open to the scandal-mongering press, and the wild accusations of an unhinged rival; but much more than his reputation is at stake when he is accused of murdering a political opponent. Trollope shows a remarkably prescient sense of the importance o...
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(H/B) CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL
Christmas at Thompson Hall brings together the best of the Christmas stories of Anthony Trollope, one of the most successful, prolific, and respected English novelists of the nineteenth century. Characterized by insightful, psychologically rich, and sometimes wryly humorous depictions of the middle class and gentry of Victorian England - and inspired occasionally by missives in the "lost letter" box of the provincial post office that Trollope ran - these tales helped to enshrine the traditions of the decorated Christmas tree, the holiday t...
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