Trollope A Biography |
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| Author:
| Hall, N. John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-283071-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1993 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Anthony Trollope was a giant of Victorian letters whose works are still read avidly today. Now, in what is surely the definitive biography, the world's leading expert on Trollope provides an amusing, insightful, and authoritative portrait of this remarkable figure. Drawing on Trollope's works as well as extensive historical evidence, Hall interweaves the public and social life of this civil servant, devoted hunter, and active traveler with lucid accounts of his writing. This witty and...
More DescriptionAnthony Trollope was a giant of Victorian letters whose works are still read avidly today. Now, in what is surely the definitive biography, the world's leading expert on Trollope provides an amusing, insightful, and authoritative portrait of this remarkable figure. Drawing on Trollope's works as well as extensive historical evidence, Hall interweaves the public and social life of this civil servant, devoted hunter, and active traveler with lucid accounts of his writing. This witty and vividly detailed biography illuminates not only a great writer, but the society, politics, and literary culture of nineteenth-century England.