Anthony Trollope

Da anni, il Natale lo trascorrono in Francia. Ma quest'anno, lei è decisa a far ritorno a Thompson Hall, splendida dimora dei tempi andati, per ricongiungersi al passato. Convinto finalmente il marito, a un passo dalla partenza la coppia incontra per caso in un Hotel di Parigi il futuro cognato...

The third and least political novel of the Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds concerns the beautiful pathological liar Lizzie Greystock. Determined to marry into wealth, Lizzie snares the ailing Sir Florian Eustace and quickly becomes a widow. Despite the brevity of their marriage, Lizzie...

The story centres on Mr Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in possession of an income from a charity far in excess of the sum devoted to it....

The Warden concerns the moral dilemma of the Reverend Septimus Harding, who finds himself at the centre of a bitter conflict between defenders of Church privilege and the reformers of the mid-Victorian period....

Barchester Towers, Trollope's most popular novel, is the second of the six Chronicles of Barsetshire....

In this world of bribes, vendettas and swindling, in which heiresses are gambled and won, Trollope's characters embody all the vices....

Frank Gresham, son of the impoverished squire of Greshambury, has fallen in love with penniless Mary Thorne....

Originally published in the 1876 Christmas edition of The Graphic, Christmas at Thompson Hall is a Victorian tale concerning the proper Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their journey from southern France to Thompson Hall to celebrate Christmas with their relatives - a trip that becomes a comedy of errors...

Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics....

Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six in the Palliser series. Trollope inextricably binds together the issues of parliamentary election and marriage, of politics and privacy....

This magnificent sequel to The Warden satirizes the struggle for ascendancy among the clergy of a cathedral city as they contend for each newly vacant post within the archdiocese. The contest for power is between Archdeacon Grantly and his followers, who favor high-church tendencies, and the new...

The spirited Lily Dale, who longs to be loved, is devastated when her fiancé, the self-interested Adolphus Crosbie, jilts her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina....

This is the fourth book in Anthony Trollopes Barsetshire series. In it, he lives and loves. Lucy Robarts and Lord Lufton, Griselda Grantley and Lord Dumbello, Olivia Proudie and Mr. Tickler, and Miss Dunstable and Dr. Thorne are depicted with warmth and humor....

The first novel in Trollope’s “Chronicles of Barsetshire,” The Warden is a compassionate portrait of the gentle, thoughtful warden and precentor of Barchester Cathedral, Mr. Septimus Harding....

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

Zu Zeiten seiner Veröffentlichung war der Roman "Auge um Auge" sehr kontrovers. Erzählt wird die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes von Adel, der ein bürgerliches Mädchen verführt. Dabei bleibt es jedoch nicht, denn es dauert nicht lange, da wird das Mädchen schwanger. Sobald der junge Mann...

Bereft of his beloved wife, Glencora, and his role as prime minister, Plantagenet Palliser enters the realm of family politics as he struggles to guide and connect with his three wayward children....

In Framley Parsonage, the author leaves the confines of Barchester and looks to the countryside, where he relates the moral difficulties of Mark Robarts....

It tells the tale of Frank Gresham and Mary Thorne, a couple intent on marriage despite their conflicting social backgrounds....

Barchester Towers, the sequel to The Warden, is the second novel in Trollope's major series, the Chronicles of Barsetshire....