Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Jane Nardin (National University of Singapore)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Grace Moore (University of Otago)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1860 - 1861

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

In 1859, Anthony Trollope, a post office official who had been stationed in Ireland for nearly twenty years, began negotiations for a transfer to England. At this time, the prolific Trollope was a relatively successful writer. He had published three popular novels about the imaginary county of Barsetshire, of which the most recent, Doctor Thorne, had been the most popular by far, in addition to several novels with other settings, a number of short stories, and a work of non-fiction dealing with the West Indies. But he had never received more than four hundred pounds for a novel. Trollope wished to return to England, in part, to improve his standing and remuneration as a writer by making the literary contacts to which his …

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Citation: Nardin, Jane. "Framley Parsonage". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 April 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5024, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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