Значение слова TROLLOPE в Литературной энциклопедии

TROLLOPE

1) ANTHONY (1815-1882).-Novelist, _s._ of Thomas Anthony T., a barrister who ruined himself by speculation, and of Frances T. (_q.v._), a well-known writer, was _b._ in London, and _ed._ at Harrow and Winchester. His childhood was an unhappy one, owing to his father's misfortunes. After a short time in Belgium he obtained an appointment in the Post Office, in which he rose to a responsible position. His first three novels had little success; but in 1855 he found his line, and in _The Warden_ produced the first of his Barsetshire series. It was followed by _Barchester Towers_ (1857), _Doctor Thorne_ (1858), _Framley Parsonage_ (1861), _The Small House at Allington_ (1864), and _The Last Chronicle of Barset_ (1867), which deal with the society of a small cathedral city. Other novels are _Orley Farm_, _Can you forgive Her?_, _Ralph the Heir_, _The Claverings_, _Phineas Finn_, _He knew he was Right_, and _The Golden Lion of Grandpre_. In all he wrote about 50 novels, besides books about the West Indies, North America, Australia, and South Africa, a translation of _Caesar_, and monographs on Cicero and Thackeray. His novels are light of touch, pleasant, amusing, and thoroughly healthy. They make no attempt to sound the depths of character or either to propound or solve problems. Outside of fiction his work was generally superficial and unsatisfactory. But he had the merit of providing a whole generation with wholesome amusement, and enjoyed a great deal of popularity. He is said to have received L70,000 for his writings. 2) TROLLOPE, MRS. FRANCES (MILTON) (1780-1863).-Novelist and miscellaneous writer, _b._ at Stapleton near Bristol, _m._ in 1809 Thomas A.T., a barrister, who fell into financial misfortune. She then in 1827 went with her family to Cincinnati, where the efforts which she made to support herself were unsuccessful. On her return to England, however, she brought herself into notice by publishing _Domestic Manners of the Americans_ (1832), in which she gave a very unfavourable and grossly exaggerated account of the subject; and a novel, _The Refugee in America_, pursued it on similar lines. Next came _The Abbess_ and _Belgium and Western Germany_, and other works of the same kind on _Paris and the Parisians_, and _Vienna and the Austrians_ followed. Thereafter she continued to pour forth novels and books on miscellaneous subjects, writing in all over 100 vols. Though possessed of considerable powers of observation and a sharp and caustic wit, such an output was fatal to permanent literary success, and none of her books are now read. She spent the last 20 years of her life at Florence, where she _d._ in 1863. Her third _s._ was Anthony T., the well-known novelist (_q.v._). Her eldest _s._, Thomas Adolphus, wrote _The Girlhood of Catherine de Medici_, a _History of Florence_, and _Life of Pius IX._, and some novels.

Литературная энциклопедия. 2012