Anthony Trollope

60 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Short Long

Science Fiction

1.3K

Anthony Trollope - Fixed Period

This book is set in 1980 in the Republic of Britannula, which is a fictional island near New Zealand. It deals with euthanasia as a radical solution to the problem of the aged. The novel is in the form of a personal...

Dennis Lane Pretoria and 5 more 7 hours 11 minutes

No comments

Published 1800 -1900

Anthony Trollope - Nina Balatka

A romance set in Prague between a Catholic and a Jew. In this short novel, Trollope moves away from his usual milieu to explore a theme which has universal resonance. — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 6 minutes

No comments

Published 1800 -1900

Anthony Trollope - Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite

Sir Harry Hotspur’s only son and heir dies young which means that the title goes to a cousin, George Hotspur. Sir Harry wants the ancestral property to go to his daughter, Emily, and hopes that a future husband will...

Simon Evers 6 hours 54 minutes

No comments

Historical Fiction

1.1K 1

Anthony Trollope - Linda Tressel

Linda Tressel lives a lonely life with her domineering aunt, Madame Staubach, in a large house in Nuremberg. Madame Staubach takes in the odious and much older Peter Steinmarc as a lodger and plans that Linda should...

Simon Evers 6 hours 40 minutes

No comments

Romance

Anthony Trollope - Golden Lion of Granpere

Time to do a short Continental trip with Trollope and see if we agree with Walpole. "...not only Trollope's very best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature. — .. It has all the...

Barry O'Neill and 3 more 6 hours 32 minutes

No comments

Humorous Fiction

992

Anthony Trollope - Doctor Wortle's School

Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, published in 1881, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor unknowingly hires a woman who apparently has two husbands: A devoted English scholar and an abusive...

Angel5 6 hours 8 minutes

No comments

General Fiction

906

Anthony Trollope - Cousin Henry

Indefer Jones struggles to name an heir to his estate. Will he choose his favorite niece, Isabel, or a male heir? The story turns on the trouble that arises when Indefer fails to tell anyone his final decision before...

Jean Bascom 5 hours 47 minutes

No comments

Family Life

2.1K

Anthony Trollope - Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sister Kate live with him. Giles Medlicott owns a sugar plantation and mill...

Simon Evers 3 hours 46 minutes

No comments

Published 1800 -1900

911 1

Anthony Trollope - Two Heroines of Plumplington

In the small English Town of Plumplington the daughter of a brewer and that of a banker each has selected her future husband contrary to the wishes of her father. Both young men are regarded as not 'good enough',...

Arnold 2 hours 54 minutes

No comments

Religion

Anthony Trollope - Clergymen Of The Church Of England

This 1866 book was published in a time of great change in the Church of England. Trollope began as a High Church adherent and then worked his way to a Broad Church stance, a theological liberalism (toleration of...

David Wales 2 hours 42 minutes

No comments

Historical Fiction

1.1K

Anthony Trollope - Christmas at Thompson Hall

«A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale»; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before met, resulting in minor injuries, embarassment, and Trollope's usual 'nice' social interactions. (Summary by...

Arnold 1 hour 48 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

911

Anthony Trollope - Aaron Trow

What is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from would-be captors. The struggle is brutal. In the end, we are left wondering which...

Bill Boerst 1 hour 3 minutes

No comments

New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

Show all