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Thomas Adolphus Trollope was born on the April 29th, 1810 in Bloomsbury, London. He was the eldest son to the barrister, Thomas Anthony and writer Frances Milton (middle names are crucial as there are many writers in the Trollope family) and is the older brother to Anthony Trollope. Thomas had a fine education at Harrow and Winchester College prior to studying at Oxford University. There followed a brief spell teaching at a Birmingham Grammar school. But for him other horizons were soon to beckon. A great traveller and explorer his first book, A Summer in Brittany, was published in 1840, it was to be the beginning of a long and prolific career. His mother, the well-known and highly regarded,...
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Between 1840 and 1890 Thomas Adolphus Trollope produced some sixty volumes of travel writing, history and fiction, in addition to a large amount of periodical and journalistic work. He lived in Italy for most of his adult life, but retired to England.
Thomas Adolphus Trollope's 'A Decade of Italian Women (Vol. 1&2)' is a masterful exploration of gender roles and societal expectations in Italy during the mid-19th century. Trollope utilizes a combination of historical facts and personal anecdotes to paint a vivid picture of the lives of Italian women. The narrative is rich in detail and showcases Trollope's keen observational skills, making the reader feel as though they are living in that tumultuous period. His writing style is engaging, with a perfect balance of description and analysis that keeps the reader hooked until the very last page. Thomas Adolphus Trollope, a well-traveled and highly respected author, was uniquely positioned to w...
A Decade of Italian Women by Thomas Adolphus Trollope.
In this charming memoir, Trollope recalls his youth and early adulthood, providing a unique window into Victorian England and the literary circles of the time. A must-read for fans of classic literature and memoirs. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Domestic Manners of the Americans is an entertaining, witty, and often scathing account of Trollope's travels in America between 1827 and 1832 and her criticisms of American manners, from vulgarity to the treatment of slaves. One of the most influential travel books of the century, it also speaks to political debates on equality in England.
Robert and Elizabeth Browning, Tennyson, and Clough lived and wrote in a time of "nation-building." The Realms of Verse brings that political and intellectual context to life, and traces its influence on the narratives, language, and form of their poetry. Theoretically astute and historically detailed, this study is the most far-reaching reassessment of Victorian poetry to have been published in recent years.