The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Society, Love, and Politics in 19th-Century EnglandBy Anthony Trollope
Length1096h 4m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs gathers the extraordinary range of Anthony Trollope's writing, from the Barsetshire and Palliser novels to his shorter fiction, criticism, dramatic experiments, travel writing, and autobiographical reflections. Together these works display Trollope's lucid realism, moral irony, and unmatched command of social texture. Situated within Victorian literary culture, the collection reveals a writer attentive to institutions—church, Parliament, marriage, empire, and the press—and to the private motives that animate public life. Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), long employed by the British Post Office, brought to literature an administrator's practical knowledge of systems and a novelist's sympathy for human inconsistency. His extensive travels, professional discipline, and keen observation of class, politics, and clerical society shaped his fiction's distinctive blend of narrative ease and sociological precision. Trollope's famous working habits were not mechanical but ethical: he treated authorship as sustained inquiry into conduct, ambition, compromise, and duty. This collection is strongly recommended to readers seeking the breadth of Victorian prose beyond isolated masterpieces. It offers not only engrossing novels but a complete intellectual portrait of a major nineteenth-century mind, humane, skeptical, disciplined, and profoundly attentive to ordinary life.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length1096 hrs 4 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2017
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Table of contents
1The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs (Annotated)
26Barchester Towers (pt. 4)
2Introduction
27Barchester Towers (pt. 5)
3Historical Context
28Barchester Towers (pt. 6)
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Barchester Towers (pt. 7)
5Novels:
30Barchester Towers (pt. 8)
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6An Eye for an Eye (pt. 1)
31Barchester Towers (pt. 9)
7An Eye for an Eye (pt. 2)
32Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 1)
8An Eye for an Eye (pt. 3)
33Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 2)
9An Old Man’s Love (pt. 1)
34Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 3)
10An Old Man’s Love (pt. 2)
35Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 4)
11An Old Man’s Love (pt. 3)
36Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 5)
12An Old Man’s Love (pt. 4)
37Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 6)
13Ayala’s Angel (pt. 1)
38Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 7)
14Ayala’s Angel (pt. 2)
39Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 8)
15Ayala’s Angel (pt. 3)
40Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 9)
16Ayala’s Angel (pt. 4)
41Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 10)
17Ayala’s Angel (pt. 5)
42Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 11)
18Ayala’s Angel (pt. 6)
43Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 12)
19Ayala’s Angel (pt. 7)
44Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 13)
20Ayala’s Angel (pt. 8)
45Can You Forgive Her? (pt. 14)
21Ayala’s Angel (pt. 9)
46Castle Richmond (pt. 1)
22Ayala’s Angel (pt. 10)
47Castle Richmond (pt. 2)
23Barchester Towers (pt. 1)
48Castle Richmond (pt. 3)
24Barchester Towers (pt. 2)
49Castle Richmond (pt. 4)
25Barchester Towers (pt. 3)
50Castle Richmond (pt. 5)
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