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An Old Man's Love
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontPublished posthumously in 1884, An Old Man’s Love was Anthony Trollope’s last completed work. A classic tale of romance and rivalry, it follows the intertwining stories of young or...
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North America
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontThough best known as a novelist, Anthony Trollope was also a prolific writer of non-fiction works. ‘North America’ is a study of the country at a time of great change, as observed...
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The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontDuring his career with the Post Office Anthony Trollope sailed from Southampton to Jamaica. This is his account of the people and places he encountered en route. Trollope describes...
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Miss Mackenzie
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontA single woman in her mid-thirties, Miss Mackenzie receives a sizeable fortune when her brother dies. She must be on her guard as a range of suitors begin to make their interest kn...
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Clergymen of the Church of England
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontAnthony Trollope’s ‘Clergymen of the Church of England’ is a collection of amusing and insightful character portraits of members of the clergy. First appearing in The Pall Mall Gaz...
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The House of Heine Brothers
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontSet in Munich, this is a delightful short story from much-loved author Anthony Trollope. Young English bank clerk Herbert Onslow is working for small German banking firm Heine Brot...
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Le Mère Bauche
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontAn Innkeeper in the Eastern Pyrenees, La Mère Bauche has lofty ambitions for her only son Adolphe. When she discovers that Adolphe and her ward, the adopted orphan girl Marie Calve...
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The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontOriginally published in 1863, this is one of Anthony Trollope’s many early short stories. The novel follows the misfortune of the wealthy Greene family who are holidaying in Italy....
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The Three Clerks
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontFirst published in 1858, ‘The Three Clerks’ by Anthony Trollope has been described as his most autobiographical. Drawing on his own experiences working as a Junior Clerk in the Pos...
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The Fixed Period
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontUnusual for an Anthony Trollope novel, ‘The Fixed Period’ is a story set in the future – in 1980. It is based in the fictional land of Britannula, where a group of young New Zealan...
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The Relics of General Chassé
Trollope, AnthonySaga Egmont‘The Relics of General Chassé’ is a humorous short story from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. Set in Antwerp, the story charts the misfortune of the Reverend Augustus Horne, who...
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Harry Heathcote of Gangoia
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontThe only Anthony Trollope tale set in Australia, ‘Harry Heathcote of Gangoil’ is a short story which follows the troubles of young sheep farmer Harry as he attempts to thwart his j...
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Returning Home
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontFirst published in 1863, this is an early short story from Anthony Trollope. After living in Costa Rica for ten years, Mr and Mrs Arkwright decide it is time to return to England w...
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Thackeray
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontOriginally published in 1879 in the first series of 'English Men of Letters', 'Thackeray' by Anthony Trollope is an in depth look at the author William Makepeace Thackeray. The pai...
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Mary Gresley, and an Editor's Tales
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontFirst published in 1871, ‘Mary Gresley, and an Editor’s Tales’ is a collection of short stories from popular author Anthony Trollope. Each story is narrated by a kindly editor, rec...
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The Macdermots of Ballycloran
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontSet in County Leitrim in Ireland, ‘The Macdermots of Ballycloran’ was the first novel Anthony Trollope wrote. When a traveller stumbles across the abandoned estate of Ballycloran,...
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John Bull on the Guadalquivir
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontYoung Englishman John Pomfret is making his way through Spain in order to propose to Marie Daguilar, the daughter of his father’s partner. En route, he encounters an elaborately dr...
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Miss Sarah Jack
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontWealthy spinster Miss Sarah Jack encourages young Maurice Cumming, the impoverished proprietor of a Jamaican coffee and sugar plantation, to run for the House of Assembly in Jamaic...
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Phineas Redux
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontThe fourth in Anthony Trollope’s ‘Palliser’ series, in ‘Phineas Redux’ we are reunited with protagonist Phineas Finn - first introduced in the second book of the series, ‘Phineas F...
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Phineas Finn
Trollope, AnthonySaga EgmontThe second of Anthony Trollope’s ‘Palliser’ series of novels, Phineas Finn follows the story of young Phineas, a doctor’s son from Ireland with big Parliamentary ambitions. Set aga...