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Anthony Trollope: An Autobiography

by Anthony Trollope

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• Two of British author Anthony Trollope’s books are bound together in this Kindle edition: An Autobiography and, Trollope’s personal favourite of his many novels, Orly Farm

An Autobiography
Anthony Trollope (1815 –1882) was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In the summer of 1878, Trollope advised his son Henry that he had writt • Two of British author Anthony Trollope’s books are bound together in this Kindle edition: An Autobiography and, Trollope’s personal favourite of his many novels, Orly Farm

An Autobiography
Anthony Trollope (1815 –1882) was one of the most prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In the summer of 1878, Trollope advised his son Henry that he had written a memoir and that instructions for publication were written in a letter not to be opened until his death.
It read in part: "I leave it altogether to your discretion whether to publish or to suppress the work;—and also to your discretion whether any part or what part shall be omitted. But I would not wish that anything should be added to the memoir. 1882.
The memoirs were published as written, with the exception of a few passages (equivalent to about two printed pages) which Henry decided to suppress. The few footnotes are Anthony Trollope’s own additions or corrections. The first two chapters of this memoir were written in the latter part of 1875, the third chapter early in January, 1876, and that he finished the record before the middle of April 1876.

Orly Farm
The plot revolves around the estate of Joseph Mason, a Yorkshire man who left a codicil to his will leaving Orley Farm (near London) to his young second wife and infant son. The will and the codicil were in her handwriting, however, and a bitter legal battle ensues. A second deed is later discovered which was signed by one of the witnesses on the same date as the will, although the witness can remember signing only one document.
George Orwell said the book contained "one of the most brilliant descriptions of a lawsuit in English fiction." Orley Farm is written in the realist mode and was Trollope's personal favourite of his many novels.

About The Author
English author Anthony Trollope wrote dozens of novels involving political, social, and gender issues, and on other current affairs. Sir Alec Guinness was a huge fan and reportedly never journeyed without a Trollope novel.
Trollope is perhaps best known for his Barsetshire series, which is a collection of six novels (published in two volumes) and also available through Amazon:
The Chronicles of Barsetshire is set in the fictitious English county of Barsetshire (located near where Dorset lies) and its cathedral town of Barchester, and they revolve around the clergy and the gentry, and the political, amatory, and social climbing.

Volume I The Warden (1855)
Barchester Towers (1857)
Doctor Thorne (1858)

Volume II
Framley Parsonage (1861)
The Small House at Allington (1864)
The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)
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Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day.

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