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By the mid-1860s, Trollope had reached a fairly senior position within the Post Office hierarchy, despite ongoing differences with Rowland Hill, who was at that time Chief Secretary to the Postmaster General. [34] Postal history credits Trollope with introducing the pillar box (the ubiquitous mail-box) in the United Kingdom. He was earning a substantial income from his novels. He had overcome the awkwardness of his youth, made good friends in literary circles, and hunted enthusiastically. In 1865, Trollope was among the founders of the liberal Fortnightly Review. [41] Trollope, Anthony (2014) [1867]. Small, Helen (ed.). The Last Chronicle of Barset. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199675999. We do not even know if Reverend Harding’s salary is a legitimate outcome of Hiram’s will or not – because even the Queen’s Council does not come to any conclusion on the matter. The most important legal and financial issue underpinning the story is simply left unexamined. Cook, E. T. (1910). "The Jubilee of the 'Cornhill'," The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXVIII, New Series.

One day, Barchester Cathedral appoints Harding as the new precentor. Alongside looking after Barchester Cathedral, Harding must also serve as warden to Hiram’s Hospital. Harding gets money based on how much Hiram’s is worth, and its value increases each year. It’s not long before Harding earns an impressive income, most of which he spends on Eleanor and the elderly men under his wardship.

Quoted in Wintle, Justin & Kenin, Richard, eds. (1978). The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation, p. 742. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Craig, Amanda (30 April 2009). "Book of a Lifetime, The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope". independent.co.uk. Chapter 13. When Eleanor goes to tell her father that Bold is calling off the action, it is too late. Another editorial in the Jupiter names the warden specifically in the scandal. Harding decides to go to London to confront Haphazard. He also has plans to retire to another parish.

William Coyle, "The Friendship of Anthony Trollope and Richard Henry Dana, Jr.," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 1952), pp. 255-262 (quotation on p. 255). Literary allusions in Trollope's novels have been identified and traced by Professor James A. Means, in two articles that appeared in The Victorian Newsletter (vols. 78 and 82) in 1990 and 1992 respectively. Trollope, Anthony (2014) [1862]. Birch, Dinah (ed.). The Small House at Allington. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199662777.The Warden is a short work: try it! If you enjoy spending time with Trollope and his very human characters, you can go on to the The Warden’s sequel, Barchester Towers (one of the funniest of all Victorian novels, in my opinion), or to any other of his 45 (yes, 45!) other novels. 1 While working at the General Post Office, Trollope travelled through the English countryside, witnessing the conventions of rural life and the politics surrounding the church and the manor house. [19] On one particular trip to the cathedral town of Salisbury in 1852, Trollope developed his ideas for The Warden, which centred on the clergy. [20] In doing so, the county of Barsetshire was born. [21] [22] Trollope did not begin writing The Warden until July 1853 – a year after his trip to Salisbury. [20] Upon completion, he sent the manuscript to Longman for publishing, with the first copies released in 1855. [19] While it was not a huge success, Trollope felt he had received more recognition than for any of his previous works. [20] Booth, Bradford Allen (1958). Anthony Trollope: Aspects of his Life and Art. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313202032. OCLC 499213856. When Hill left the Post Office in 1864, Trollope's brother-in-law, John Tilley, who was then Under-Secretary to the Postmaster General, was appointed to the vacant position. Trollope applied for Tilley's old post, but was passed over in favour of a subordinate, Frank Ives Scudamore. In the autumn of 1867, Trollope resigned his position at the Post Office, having by that time saved enough to generate an income equal to the pension he would lose by leaving before the age of 60. [42] Trollope by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1873 Beverley campaign [ edit ]

John Bold, the brave young reformer, gets a treatment similar to these other characters. The narrator shows clearly that he has admirable qualities, but Mr. Bold is hardly a perfect individual: Stanford, Jane, 'That Irishman: The Life and Times of John O'Connor Power', Part Three, 'The Fenian is the Artist', pp. 123–124, The History Press Ireland, May 2011, ISBN 978-1-84588-698-1

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Despite a series not initially being intended, [3] few have argued against the importance of appreciating each novel as part of the Chronicles of Barsetshire. As R. C. Terry writes, "the ironies embedded in the novel achieve their full effect only when one considers the entire Barsetshire series". [26] Mary Poovey suggests that even before they were formally published as a series, reviewers understood their collective value. As The Examiner (1867) wrote, "the public should have these Barsetshire novels extant, not only as detached works, but duly bound, lettered, and bought as a connected series". [3] Trollope returned to Australia in 1875 to help his son close down his failed farming business. He found that the resentment created by his accusations of bragging remained. Even when he died in 1882, Australian papers still "smouldered", referring yet again to these accusations, and refusing to fully praise or recognize his achievements. [56]

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