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Anthony Trollope was an English novelist who also worked for the Post Office and became Postal Surveyor for Northern Ireland. He is most famous for his Barchester novels, collectively known as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire' and the Palliser novels. He spent several years living in Ireland working for the Post Office and his early novels are set in the country at the time of the Great Famine, including 'The Macdermots of Ballycloran' and 'Castle Richmond'.
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist who also worked for the Post Office and became Postal Surveyor for Northern Ireland. He is most famous for his Barchester novels, collectively known as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire' and the Palliser novels. He spent several years living in Ireland working for the Post Office and his early novels are set in the country at the time of the Great Famine, including 'The Macdermots of Ballycloran' and 'Castle Richmond'.
| Name: | Anthony Trollope |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | English |
| Date of birth: | 1815 |
| Date of death: | 1882 |
| Role: | Novelist |
| Linked correspondent: | Wilkie Collins (link opens in new window); Ralph Waldo Emerson (link opens in new window); George Henry Lewes (link opens in new window); John Everett Millais (link opens in new window); John Lothrop Motley (link opens in new window); William Thackeray (link opens in new window) |
| Project person ID: | SLP171 |
| Image rights: | Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public Library. "A. Trollope" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. |
