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
real rocks romance
I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that.
fighting rights battle
Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.
power looks crowds
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.
happiness this-life relinquishing
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
love book perfect
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
ambition parent progress
It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
funny life literature
Life is so unlike theory.
men mind emergencies
A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
government wanted
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
long passionate lasts
Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
life success unfortunate
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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.
men age youth
He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.