Anonymous
Post 05/15/2022 19:03     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote: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.


Yes, LOVE Angela Thirkell.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2022 18:59     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote:More decades than I want to admit since I’ve read Trollope. Thanks for the reminder! Time to return to him.


Yes!! Same here!
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 21:31     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
More decades than I want to admit since I’ve read Trollope. Thanks for the reminder! Time to return to him.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 20:08     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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
Post 05/14/2022 18:23     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
You guys are my people!!
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 16:53     Subject: Re:Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote: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.


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
Post 05/14/2022 16:44     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So odd that you posted this this morning. I was just thinking of The Way We Live Now series earlier today.



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.


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.


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
Post 05/14/2022 12:11     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So odd that you posted this this morning. I was just thinking of The Way We Live Now series earlier today.



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.


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.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2022 07:08     Subject: Re:Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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
Post 05/13/2022 21:32     Subject: Re:Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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
Post 05/13/2022 15:33     Subject: Re:Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
The Eustace Diamonds and The Way We Live Now are my favorites.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 11:12     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
Anonymous wrote:So odd that you posted this this morning. I was just thinking of The Way We Live Now series earlier today.



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
Post 05/13/2022 11:04     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
So odd that you posted this this morning. I was just thinking of The Way We Live Now series earlier today.

Anonymous
Post 05/13/2022 07:55     Subject: Re:Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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
Post 05/13/2022 07:52     Subject: Anthony Trollope fans, come in!
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.