Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollopewas one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Among his best-loved works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 April 1815
ambition castles literature
I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
men oxford literature
Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.
funny life literature
Life is so unlike theory.
literature may advertising
It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
literature poverty misery
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
literature pieces fellows
A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
land feelings literature
It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
gentleman literature noblemen
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
overcoming-evil excellence looks
The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.
men knows
There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
girl honesty men
Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man's honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
husband men perfect
A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.
towers quarters century
Barchester Towers has become one of those novels which do not die quite at once, which live and are read for perhaps a quarter of a century.
girl husband lying
The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.