With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant. Canterbury Christ Church College.

The tough-mindedness of the social satire in and its air of palpable integrity give this novel a special place in Anthony Trollope’s Literary career. Trollope paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte. Melmotte is one of the Victorian novel’s greatest and strangest creations, and is an achievement undimmed by the passage of time.

Trollope’s ‘Now’ might, in the twenty-first century, look like some distant disenchanted ‘Then’, but this is still the yesterday which we must understand in order to make proper sense of our today.

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This Shows Why Victorian Novelists Are So Revered.
Dickens first, Hardy second, and Trollope third — this is the Victorian Troika! Others stand out, but these shine brightest. Dickens’ 15 novels are uneven (BLEAK HOUSE ranks volumes above MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT); Hardy has those five truly great novels that soar above his others; but Trollope is far more consistently good. Yet we each develop our favorites. I put this one among the top three, if not tops. The characters are clear cut and I root for or raspberry against each as the story moves along. I recommend the British miniseries of this masterpiece as well. Watch the intrigue unfold.

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