The Palliser Novels: Book 1-6 (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including the Autobiography of the AuthorBy Anthony Trollope
Length182h 35m
About this audiobook
Comprising Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister, and The Duke's Children, The Palliser Novels form one of Victorian fiction's most expansive examinations of politics, marriage, property, and moral compromise. Trollope's lucid realism, supple irony, and extraordinary command of social detail create a panoramic yet intimate world, centred on Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora, where parliamentary ambition and private feeling continually test one another. Set within the high-Victorian tradition of serial fiction, the sequence rivals the great social novels of Dickens, Eliot, and Thackeray while remaining distinctively Trollopian in its humane restraint. Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), long employed by the British Post Office, brought to fiction a practical knowledge of institutions, bureaucracy, travel, and class mobility. His disciplined working habits and close observation of public life enabled him to depict Westminster not as abstraction but as a lived arena of personality, patronage, and principle. His own fascination with duty, ambition, and social performance deeply informs the Palliser world. This collection is recommended to readers who value capacious nineteenth-century fiction, psychologically nuanced characterization, and political drama rendered with wit and moral intelligence. It rewards sustained reading as a profound study of power, conscience, and the costs of social success.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length182 hrs 35 mins
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Publish dateDec 5, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Can You Forgive Her?
7VOLUME I.
8Chapter I. Mr. Vavasor and His Daughter.
9Chapter II. Lady Macleod.
10Chapter III. John Grey, the Worthy Man.
11Chapter IV. George Vavasor, the Wild Man.
12Chapter V. The Balcony at Basle.
13Chapter VI. The Bridge over the Rhine.
14Chapter VII. Aunt Greenow.
15Chapter VIII. Mr. Cheesacre.
16Chapter IX. The Rivals.
17Chapter X. Nethercoats.
18Chapter XI. John Grey Goes to London.
19Chapter XII. Mr. George Vavasor at Home.
20Chapter XIII. Mr. Grimes Gets His Odd Money.
21Chapter XIV. Alice Vavasor Becomes Troubled.
22Chapter XV. Paramount Crescent.
23Chapter XVI. The Roebury Club.
24Chapter XVII. Edgehill.
25Chapter XVIII. Alice Vavasor's Great Relations.
26Chapter XIX. Tribute from Oileymead.
27Chapter XX. Which Shall It Be?
28Chapter XXI. Alice Is Taught to Grow Upwards, Towards the Light.
29Chapter XXII. Dandy and Flirt.
30Chapter XXIII. Dinner at Matching Priory.
31Chapter XXIV. Three Politicians.
32Chapter XXV. In Which Much of the History of the Pallisers Is Told.
33Chapter XXVI. Lady Midlothian.
34Chapter XXVII. The Priory Ruins.
35Chapter XXVIII. Alice Leaves the Priory.
36Chapter XXIX. Burgo Fitzgerald.
37Chapter XXX. Containing a Love Letter.
38Chapter XXXI. Among the Fells.
39Chapter XXXII. Containing an Answer to the Love Letter.
40Chapter XXXIII. Monkshade.
41Chapter XXXIV. Mr. Vavasor Speaks to His Daughter.
42Chapter XXXV. Passion versus Prudence.
43Chapter XXXVI. John Grey Goes a Second Time to London.
44Chapter XXXVII. Mr. Tombe's Advice.
45Chapter XXXVIII. The Inn at Shap.
46Chapter XXXIX. Mr. Cheesacre's Hospitality.
47Chapter XL. Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close.
48VOLUME II.
49Chapter XLI. A Noble Lord Dies.
50Chapter XLII. Parliament Meets.
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