Educated at Winchester and Harrow, Trollope entered service in the Post Office in 1834 and in 1841 was transferred to Ireland. He married in 1844 and began a career in writing, publishing his first novel The MacDermots of Ballycloran in 1847. His first successful novel, The Warden, was published in 1855 and was the first of what became known as the Barsetshire series. These included Barchester Towers (1857), Doctor Thorne (1858), Framley Parsonage (1861), The Small House of Allington (1864) and finally, The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867), all of which were immensely popular. His output was enormous, amounting to over 1000 words per day, according to his autobiography. Other novels of note include The Three Clerks (1858), Orley Farm (1862), The Belton Estate (1865), The Claverings (1867), Phineas Finn (1869), The Eustace Diamonds (1873), Phineas Redux (1874), The Prime Minister (1876), The Duke's Children (1880) and Dr. Wortle's School (1881). Trollope also published a number of travel books. |
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