{"product_id":"anthony-trollope-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","title":"Anthony Trollope: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDinah Birch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Trollope is among the best-loved novelists in the English language. His strongly drawn characters and skilful plots are compelling, while his moral judgements are often subtly challenging. He is an entertainer, but his power to make his readers think, and to feel, is unrivalled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e will place Trollope's work in the context of his life and times, drawing on recent scholarship to illuminate his central interests and literary strategies. Readers will find a focussed critical guide to his writing, that will direct and inform their reading. The major series of novels (the six novels located in the fictional Barsetshire, and the six Palliser novels) are explored alongside the novels set in Ireland, his travel writing, and examples of his less well-known fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrollope's work is energised by the complexities of the Victorian Britain, with its political tensions, its troubled views of the relation between men and women, its expanding place in the wider world, and its growing discomfort with the contradictions created by a corrosive preoccupation with wealth and display. But Trollope's writing is of more than historical interest. His insight into the motives of human behaviour (emotion, money, sex, and power), and of the conflict between the need for reform and the wish to defend what might be destroyed by the relentless pressure for change, feels surprisingly modern. Birch shows how his writing has retained its vivid appeal to new generations of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: The \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinah Birch, \u003cem\u003eEmeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDinah Birch is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool. She has published widely on Victorian literature, and on the work of John Ruskin. Her books include \u003cem\u003eRuskin's Myths\u003c\/em\u003e (1988) and \u003cem\u003eOur Victorian Education\u003c\/em\u003e (2008). She is the General Editor of the \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to English Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), and has published editions of Elizabeth Gaskell's \u003cem\u003eCranford\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eAnthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and \u003cem\u003eThe Small House at Allington\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). She writes regularly for the \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLRB\u003c\/em\u003e, contributes to Sky Arts documentaries, and has served as a judge on the Booker Prize panel.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.9 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43506624692359,"sku":"9780192845627","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/o5z4XxglFg9780192845627.webp?v=1763873621","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/anthony-trollope-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}