The Palliser Novels: Book 1-6 (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including the Autobiography of the AuthorBy Anthony Trollope
Length182h 35m
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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
1Can You Forgive Her? (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Palliser Novels
7Can You Forgive Her?
8VOLUME I.
9Chapter I. Mr. Vavasor and His Daughter.
10Chapter II. Lady Macleod.
11Chapter III. John Grey, the Worthy Man.
12Chapter IV. George Vavasor, the Wild Man.
13Chapter V. The Balcony at Basle.
14Chapter VI. The Bridge over the Rhine.
15Chapter VII. Aunt Greenow.
16Chapter VIII. Mr. Cheesacre.
17Chapter IX. The Rivals.
18Chapter X. Nethercoats.
19Chapter XI. John Grey Goes to London.
20Chapter XII. Mr. George Vavasor at Home.
21Chapter XIII. Mr. Grimes Gets His Odd Money.
22Chapter XIV. Alice Vavasor Becomes Troubled.
23Chapter XV. Paramount Crescent.
24Chapter XVI. The Roebury Club.
25Chapter XVII. Edgehill.
26Chapter XVIII. Alice Vavasor's Great Relations.
27Chapter XIX. Tribute from Oileymead.
28Chapter XX. Which Shall It Be?
29Chapter XXI. Alice Is Taught to Grow Upwards, Towards the Light.
30Chapter XXII. Dandy and Flirt.
31Chapter XXIII. Dinner at Matching Priory.
32Chapter XXIV. Three Politicians.
33Chapter XXV. In Which Much of the History of the Pallisers Is Told.
34Chapter XXVI. Lady Midlothian.
35Chapter XXVII. The Priory Ruins.
36Chapter XXVIII. Alice Leaves the Priory.
37Chapter XXIX. Burgo Fitzgerald.
38Chapter XXX. Containing a Love Letter.
39Chapter XXXI. Among the Fells.
40Chapter XXXII. Containing an Answer to the Love Letter.
41Chapter XXXIII. Monkshade.
42Chapter XXXIV. Mr. Vavasor Speaks to His Daughter.
43Chapter XXXV. Passion versus Prudence.
44Chapter XXXVI. John Grey Goes a Second Time to London.
45Chapter XXXVII. Mr. Tombe's Advice.
46Chapter XXXVIII. The Inn at Shap.
47Chapter XXXIX. Mr. Cheesacre's Hospitality.
48Chapter XL. Mrs. Greenow's Little Dinner in the Close.
49VOLUME II.
50Chapter XLI. A Noble Lord Dies.
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