Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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Anonymous
| I’m rereading the Barsetshire books now and I’d forgotten how great they are. I’ll re-read the Palliser novels next. After that, which of his stand alone novels do you like? I’ve read (and loved) his autobiography already. |
Anonymous
| Didn’t expect to see mention of Trollope on DCUM! Love his books. For stand-alones, I like Orley Farm, The Way We Live Now, and He Knew He Was Right. Enjoy! |
Anonymous
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So odd that you posted this this morning. I was just thinking of The Way We Live Now series earlier today.
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Anonymous
NP and hey, PP, were you on the "obscure celebrities you love" thread here? Someone mentioned David Suchet, and I chimed in that they should watch the miniseries of "The Way We Live Now"! Terrific version of the novel. Both resound with themes we still are dealing with today--sadly! OP, you made my day. Seeing "Anthony Trollope fans" here among the Real Housewives etc. is both hilarious and so very right, somehow. Might he be writing about real housewives were he writing today?....I love all his novels that I've read (I haven't gotten to all the Palliser novels yet) but remember The Warden and The Eustace Diamonds with special fondness. My late father-in-law was an English clergyman (though not Anglican), so the Barsetshire chronicles are all particularly dear to my husband, and we see a lot of my FIL in Mr. Harding. |
Anonymous
| The Eustace Diamonds and The Way We Live Now are my favorites. |
Anonymous
I love Trollope! I always felt sorry for Georgiana in The Way We Live Now. She really had no hope in life and she did try... My favourite are the Palliser series though-I love a 19th century dilemma-I mean who doesn't care about being a "jilt" 
But the characters are so interesting, I can read it over and over. |
Anonymous
| I find Trollope absolutely hilarious at times and such a keen observer of personality foibles-I can’t believe how fresh something written in the 1850s can seem. And although he does give lip service to Victorian ideas about gender roles he portrays his actual female characters with a full range of traits (and male characters are just as likely to be gossipy or sentimental etc as the women.) I’m going to read Is He Poppenjoy next because I’ve heard it’s one of his funniest. |
Anonymous
PP here - and I was on that thread! My contribution was Emilia Fox  - I am going to put on The Way We Live Now this drizzly afternoon.
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Anonymous
You inspire me. I'm going to go get out my "The Way We Live Now" DVDs....Such a terrific production. Matthew MacFadyen is deliciously louche and self-centered, and Shirley Henderson as hellion Marie is just--well, if they'd had "chef's kiss" back in Trollope's day, he'd have done one for her performance. |
Anonymous
The bold is so true! I love the real humanity of Trollope's female characters and you have nailed how he had to portray them with "acceptable" roles but also gave them depth. I adore Dickens for many reasons but his Virgin or Whore complex with most of his female characters is wearing. Trollope avoided that trap. Not Trollope-related but if anyone here has not read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, and you enjoy 19th century British literature, do read it. I read it for the first time recently and thought it was wonderful, especially how he captured a woman's voice and thoughts in the character Marian. (The most recent TV adaptation from a couple of years back is NO substitute for the book and departed badly from the book's spirit, and totally lacks the characters' voices.) |
Anonymous
| You guys are my people!! |
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My people, too! I adore Trollope. Who knew church politics could be so fun!?
I also love Angela Thirkell’s Barsetshire novels. I inherited my grandparents’ collection. |
Anonymous
| More decades than I want to admit since I’ve read Trollope. Thanks for the reminder! Time to return to him. |
Anonymous
Yes!! Same here! |
Anonymous
Yes, LOVE Angela Thirkell. |