Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?

Matthew Skwiat (University of Virginia)

Ed. by Grace Moore, University of Otago
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 1864 - 1865

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

The 1864-5 monthly serialisation of Anthony Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her? for Chapman and Hall marked one of the most creative and productive periods of his life. In 1862 and 1863 alone, Trollope had either finished or worked on Orley Farm (1862), Brown, Jones, and Robinson (1862), The Small House at Allington (1862), Rachel Ray (1863), and The Tales of All Countries (1863). Amidst this dizzying output, Trollope embarked in August 1863 on a serial novel for a new periodical for Chapman and Hall, tentatively titled the New Weekly which he was to edit (Trollope, 1863, 231). While the …

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Citation: Skwiat, Matthew. "Can You Forgive Her?". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 March 2023 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6089, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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