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An Autobiography: and Other Writings
Anthony Trollope
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Description for An Autobiography: and Other Writings
Hardback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
This classic study of the working life of a professional writer is one of the best - and also one of the strangest - autobiographies ever written. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. He worked for the Post Office for many years and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. Best-known for the two series of novels grouped loosely around the clerical and political professions, the Barsetshire and Palliser series, in his Autobiography Trollope frankly describes his ... Read more
This classic study of the working life of a professional writer is one of the best - and also one of the strangest - autobiographies ever written. After a miserable childhood and misspent youth, Trollope turned his life around at the age of twenty-six. By 1860 the 'hobbledehoy' had become both a senior civil servant and a best-selling novelist. He worked for the Post Office for many years and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament. Best-known for the two series of novels grouped loosely around the clerical and political professions, the Barsetshire and Palliser series, in his Autobiography Trollope frankly describes his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
487g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199675289
SKU
V9780199675289
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About Anthony Trollope
Nicholas Shrimpton is the editor of Trollope's The Prime Minister (2011) for Oxford World's Classics, and of a new edition of The Warden (2014). He is currently completing an edition of Matthew Arnold's poetry and a book on Arnold's early poetry.
Reviews for An Autobiography: and Other Writings
For those who have only read a few of his novels, Anthony Trollope's autobiography may come as an enjoyable surprise... It has been edited by Nicholas Shrimpton, whose engaging introduction prepares the reader well for what is to come.
TLS, Gerri Kimber
OUP have published a particularly fine edition of Trollope's An Autobiography and Other Writings.
Catherine ... Read more
TLS, Gerri Kimber
OUP have published a particularly fine edition of Trollope's An Autobiography and Other Writings.
Catherine ... Read more