
The Palliser Novels: Complete 6 Book Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including the Autobiography of the AuthorBy Anthony TrollopeLength182h 34m
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The Palliser Novels: Complete 6 Book Collection gathers Can You Forgive Her?, Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds, Phineas Redux, The Prime Minister, and The Duke's Children into a monumental study of Victorian political, social, and domestic life. Written with Trollope's characteristic lucidity, irony, and psychological tact, the sequence follows Plantagenet Palliser, Lady Glencora, and a wide constellation of MPs, heiresses, adventurers, and reformers. Its realism belongs to the great nineteenth-century tradition, yet its sustained attention to parliamentary procedure, marriage, property, and moral compromise gives it a distinctive institutional depth. Anthony Trollope, one of Victorian England's most industrious and perceptive novelists, brought to fiction the habits of observation formed during his long career in the Post Office and his intimate knowledge of British social systems. His unsuccessful parliamentary candidacy in 1868 sharpened his understanding of political ambition and public life, while his humane temperament enabled him to portray weakness, duty, and desire without melodrama. This collection is indispensable for readers interested in the Victorian novel at its most capacious and intelligent. It offers political history as lived experience, social comedy with ethical seriousness, and characters whose dilemmas remain strikingly modern.
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.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length182 hrs 34 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26VOLUME I (pt. 5)
2Introduction
27VOLUME I (pt. 6)
3Author Biography
28VOLUME II (pt. 1)
4Historical Context
29VOLUME II (pt. 2)
5Synopsis (Selection)
30VOLUME II (pt. 3)
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6CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?
31VOLUME II (pt. 4)
7VOLUME I. (pt. 1)
32VOLUME II (pt. 5)
8VOLUME I. (pt. 2)
33VOLUME II (pt. 6)
9VOLUME I. (pt. 3)
34THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS
10VOLUME I. (pt. 4)
35VOLUME I (pt. 1)
11VOLUME I. (pt. 5)
36VOLUME I (pt. 2)
12VOLUME I. (pt. 6)
37VOLUME I (pt. 3)
13VOLUME I. (pt. 7)
38VOLUME I (pt. 4)
14VOLUME II. (pt. 1)
39VOLUME I (pt. 5)
15VOLUME II. (pt. 2)
40VOLUME I (pt. 6)
16VOLUME II. (pt. 3)
41VOLUME II (pt. 1)
17VOLUME II. (pt. 4)
42VOLUME II (pt. 2)
18VOLUME II. (pt. 5)
43VOLUME II (pt. 3)
19VOLUME II. (pt. 6)
44VOLUME II (pt. 4)
20VOLUME II. (pt. 7)
45VOLUME II (pt. 5)
21PHINEAS FINN
46VOLUME II (pt. 6)
22VOLUME I (pt. 1)
47PHINEAS REDUX
23VOLUME I (pt. 2)
48VOLUME I. (pt. 1)
24VOLUME I (pt. 3)
49VOLUME I. (pt. 2)
25VOLUME I (pt. 4)
50VOLUME I. (pt. 3)